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Lord Prescott has been a vocal critic of police investigations into phone hacking
Former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott and ex-Scotland Yard officer Brian Paddick are due to appear before the Leveson Inquiry later.
The inquiry will resume by looking at the relationships between press and police in light of the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World.
Lord Prescott and Mr Paddick both successfully argued at a judicial review that the Met Police failed to notify them about potential hacking.
More police will appear this week.
The judicial review concerned the lawfulness of the original 2006 police investigation into phone hacking, and the failure to notify victims.
Lord Prescott, Mr Paddick, Labour MP Chris Bryant and two others pushed for the review, which gave its ruling earlier this month.
Lord Prescott received a payout of £40,000 from News International over hacking of his phone.
The Met Commissioner accepted that the failure to warn victims was unlawful.
Forty days of evidence so far. Forty days during which certain aspects of the way newspapers operate have been scrutinised and found wanting.
Now it's Day 41 and the inquiry's focus turns to the police. It could prove to be an uncomfortable experience for them.
Lord Justice Leveson has said he wants to look at the extent to which the relationship between the press and the police has operated in the public interest or has become too close.
One of his first witnesses will be Lord Prescott who settled a claim, earlier this month, against Scotland Yard for failing to warn the victims of phone hacking at the time of its original 2006 investigation into the News of the World.
After his court case, the former deputy prime minister said: "I just wanted them to admit they weren't doing their job properly."
After the ruling, Lord Prescott said he had been told several times by police investigating hacking that "there was nothing there," and eventually it was revealed there were 44 instances of hacking of his phone.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Sue Akers, who is leading Scotland Yard's three inquiries - phone hacking, email hacking and corrupt payments to public officials -will appear before the inquiry for a second time on Monday.
The Leveson Inquiry has two parts, the first of which is examining relations between the press, politicians and police, and the conduct of each.
It will consider the extent to which the current regulatory regime has failed, and whether there has been a failure to act upon any previous warnings about media misconduct.
The second part will look at the extent of unlawful or improper conduct within News International and other media organisations.
It will also examine the way in which any relevant police force investigated allegations relating to News International, and whether the police received corrupt payments or were otherwise complicit in misconduct.
27 Feb, 2012
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Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-17173438
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