'A journalist's caring ear': inquiry into whistleblower relationship

By Catherine Armitage
Updated June 26 2013 - 3:08pm, first published 3:00pm
Cross-questioning ... <i>Newcastle Herald</i> journalist Joanne McCarthy leaves court. Photo: Darren Pateman
Cross-questioning ... <i>Newcastle Herald</i> journalist Joanne McCarthy leaves court. Photo: Darren Pateman
Police officer Peter Fox at his home. His links to a journalist are being examined in the Newcastle Supreme Court. Photo: Peter Stoop
Police officer Peter Fox at his home. His links to a journalist are being examined in the Newcastle Supreme Court. Photo: Peter Stoop

The late-night email set out how to wipe email trails and mask mobile calls to keep them secret. But the contact between Peter Fox and Joanne McCarthy was nevertheless exposed.

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