Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne is planning to sue a top British newspaper alleging that he was a victim of a major phone-hacking scandal, a report said Saturday. The Observer newspaper said Gascoigne's lawyer, Gerald Shamash, had confirmed that proceedings would be issued within days against the News of The World (NOTW), which is owned by media tycoon Rupert Murdoch.
Gascoigne is one of a number of celebrities believed to have been targeted by phone-hacking at the weekly tabloid, including actress Sienna Miller, who is currently taking legal action against the paper's parent company. The scandal has refused to die down since the tabloid's royal correspondent and a private investigator were jailed in 2007 for conspiracy to access mobile phone messages involving Princes William and Harry.