BT suspends techie over Angus Deayton phone tap claim
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Posted in Music and Media, 17th July 2002 16:18 GMT
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A BT engineer has been arrested on suspicion of tapping the phone of TV celeb Angus Deayton.
The Guardian reports that recording equipment was found in a junction box near to the TV presenter's home at a time when Deayton's private life was under scrutiny.
A spokesman for BT said that it was assisting police with its enquiries and that the engineer in question had been suspended. ®


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