News International will no doubt argue strongly that unless the individual can prove the hacking led to a published story, the damages should be limited.
Fellow officers, a public defender and state politicians have been coming forward to vouch for him, calling him a nice guy and a good cop, and saying they stronglydoubt that race played a role in his actions.
Without doubt the heart of the Eurozone has recovered strongly amid an era of record low monetary settings but we trust that the inflation-fighting instincts of the ECB turn out to be a better-judge than 2009 when they last adjusted policy upwards in response to price pressures.