Leveson ‘proof reader’ sparks outrage after claiming over £200k in fees
A proof reader employed by Lord Leveson to undertake fact checking work during last year’s media ethics inquiry has been thrust into the spotlight once again after it emerged the work had netted her approaching £220k.
Carine Patry Hoskins first courted controversy after embarking on an affair with a lawyer representing phone hacking victims during the lengthy inquiry, a period in which she was also raking in £218,606 of taxpayer’s money.
Known by Twitter users as ‘woman on the left’, due to her particularly diligent attention to evidence presented by Hugh Grant and took time out to go on holiday with Patry Hoskins, a junior counsel, to the Greek island of Santorini in the midst of the inquiry.
Conservative MP Rob Wilson said: “This is one hell of a payday for someone described by Lord Justice Leveson as doing merely mechanical and fact-checking work. It raises questions as to whether this is value for taxpayers’ money, as to why she was paid over 10 times the average wage only to have no influence or input whatsoever into the Leveson Report.”