Today the Leveson Inquiry heard from several employees of the Sun including former editor Kelvin MacKenzie and current editor Dominic Mohan.MacKenzie, who edited the paper from 1981 to 1994, was interrupted by a man shouting in the courtroom demanding him to be questioned over Michael Stone. The individual was swiftly ejected. It is believed he was referring to the man convicted of murdering Lin and Megan Russell in 1998.The former editor went on to discuss the Guardian correction over the Milly Dowler voicemail deletion story, saying the Sun would be “very, very, very close” to being shut down had they got any details wrong. Leveson told MacKenzie he found his assertion that the Guardian stories were “completely wrong” interesting.He was also asked about evidence submitted by Anne Diamond, who told the inquiry she had been left devastated after the paper published a photograph taken at the funeral of her baby son in 1999. He answered: “Why on earth should everyone accept her version of events and not accept my version of events?” MacKenzie’s witness statement echoed his disdain for the inquiry, expressed in seminars held by Lord Justice Leveson last year:“The dictionary definition of ethics is; the philosophical study of the moral value of human conduct and the rules and principles that ought to govern it. They were not issues I bothered with. I do hope that this inquiry is not seeking to impose them on print journalism – that would be bloody funny to watch.”Gordon Smart, editor of the Sun’s Bizarre column, defended an article published by the paper last year, which described actor Hugh Grant rushing to hospital after a health scare. He told the inquiry that he considered the story to be in the public interest given that it occurred in a public place. When questioned further on Grant’s celebrity status, Smart admitted that this had “tipped the balance” in favour of publication.He was also questioned over fake stories submitted to the Sun by Chris Atkins, who gave evidence to Leveson last year. He said that a close personal relationship with the celebrities in question, Sarah Harding and Guy Ritchie, and confirmation from sources including agents led him to believe the stories were correct. “It’s a balancing act between the public interest and an individual’s right to privacy…there is a grey area there and we walk that line every day and think we get it right more than we get it wrong,” he said in his statement.The Sun’s royal editor Duncan Larcombe was next to the stand, who began by explaining his good relationship with both Buckingham Palace and Clarence House. He told the inquiry that he often refused pictures of members of the royal family, including one example where photographers had been taken from a camera belonging to Pippa Middleton, which had been stolen from her car. He said: “If we get royal stories wrong then readers may well be on the prince’s side rather than ours.”John Edwards, picture editor at the paper, gave several examples of refusing to use paparazzi pictures. Edwards described received photographs of a heavily-pregnant Lily Allen shopping in London, and deciding not to run them after a discussion with the singer’s agent. He was questioned over the harassment of Hugh Grant and Tinglan Hong following the birth of their child last year, claiming that Sun photographers had withdrawn before a letter written by the PCC had been sent to the press. Edwards referred to the press treatment of the McCanns, saying that the paper’s photographers had got it “spot-on” in Portugal, but less so when the family returned home to the UK.Justin Walford, editorial legal counsel at News Group Newspapers, explained to the inquiry that “counsel can give advice; the editor can consider that advice or not consider that advice”. He claimed that things had “changed” at the Sun since Kelvin MacKenzie’s editorship and that the “lobbing in” of stories was no longer an issue. He added that there is “never public interest in not pre-notifying someone of story” and explained the changing landscape of privacy since the case of Campbell v MGN in 2008.Last to give evidence was the Sun’s current editor and former showbiz journalist Dominic Mohan, who replaced Rebekah Brooks in 2009. He told the inquiry that he had observed the mistakes of his predecessors and tried to learn from them, and that he had become more cautious of publishing stories in light of the inquiry and the introduction Bribery Act.Jay questioned Mohan over comments he had made during the 2002 Princess Margaret Awards, where he thanked event sponsor Vodafone’s “lack of security” for a series of showbiz exclusives in the Mirror. The editor admitted hearing industry rumours about phone-hacking but dismissed the comments as a joke made at the expense of the rival paper.He was also criticised for a PCC correction referring to a front page splash appearing on page six of the Sun, despite his own assertion that front page corrections should always appear on page two of the paper. Mohan also emphasised many of the Sun’s important campaigns, including ‘The Millies’ and Sunemployment, saying the paper had a strong moral compass.Witness statements which have been read to the inquiry are now available online. They are from Stuart Higgins (Sun editor 1994-1998), Simon Toms (acting interim director of legal affairs at News International) and David Yelland (Sun editor 1998-2003).