Phone hacking: Les Hinton faces MPs - live

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/blog/2011/oct/24/phone-hacking-les-hinton
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1.05pm: Philip Davies, the Tory MP for Shipley, takes over questioning from Watson who struggled to land a blow on Hinton.

Hinton says he was out of the country from the moment of Clive Goodman's arrest. Andy Coulson organised Goodman's legal fees and representation, according to Hinton.

12.58pm: Hinton struggling to reconcile with Julian Pike's testimony, says my colleague Dan Sabbagh. The former NI chief keeps batting off Watson's questions as "too hypothetical" and he "cannot recall".

Watson asks what the highest out of court payment Hinton authorised while at NI. Hinton says he cannot remember.