--- description: Rupert Murdoch will reportedly face questions from Scotland Yard, as investigators extend their phone-hacking probe of News of the World. title: Rupert Murdoch Faces Police Questioning Over Phone-Hacking Scandal image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf16391219e09664d/698699143bc9995d661a43cf/rupert-madoch.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Police To Question Murdoch Over Phone Hacking After Trial  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 24, 2014 8:04 PM CUT  Rupert Murdoch attends the Television Academy's 23rd Hall of Fame induction gala at Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel on March 11, 2014 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Rupert Murdoch attends the Television Academy's 23rd Hall of Fame induction gala at Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel on March 11, 2014 in Beverly Hills, Calif.Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic/Getty Images  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 24, 2014 8:04 PM CUT Rupert Murdoch will reportedly face questions from Scotland Yard as investigators extend their probe into _News of the World_, a Murdoch-owned British tabloid embroiled in an expansive phone-hacking scandal. The _Guardian_ [reports](http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jun/24/scotland-yard-want-interview-rupert-murdoch-phone-hacking "undefined") that investigators have officially requested an interview with Murdoch, according to sources close to the investigation. Murdoch will reportedly undergo the interview “under caution,” a legal warning that signals to the interviewee he is a suspect in the investigation and his answers can be used as evidence in court. The news comes just after a court found former _News of the World_ editor Andy Coulson guilty of conspiring to hack phones. Handwritten documents suggested that Coulson had attempted to target upwards of 5,500 people. The conviction of a senior editor heightens the risk that the Murdoch’s company itself, News UK, and its senior managers could be held liable for the hacking scandal under UK law. \[[_The Guardian_](http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jun/24/scotland-yard-want-interview-rupert-murdoch-phone-hacking "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2918116/murdoch-phone-hacking/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2918116/murdoch-phone-hacking/"},"headline":"Police To Question Murdoch Over Phone Hacking After Trial","datePublished":"2014-06-24T20:04:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:36:02.291Z","description":"After a court found a top editor at a Murdoch-owned tabloid guilty","url":"https://time.com/2918116/murdoch-phone-hacking/","keywords":["Technology & Media"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf16391219e09664d/698699143bc9995d661a43cf/rupert-madoch.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf16391219e09664d/698699143bc9995d661a43cf/rupert-madoch.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Television Academy's 23rd Hall Of Fame Induction Gala","caption":"The Television Academy's 23rd Hall Of Fame Induction Gala","creditText":"Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2918116/murdoch-phone-hacking/","name":"Police To Question Murdoch Over Phone Hacking After Trial"}}]}] ```