Are you familiar with the phrase "data smuggling"?

Data...what?

Passing on data from a closed system to an unauthorised source in exchange for money.

Oh, yes, I...I... Well, seems everyone's at it.

A...are you at it, Mr Mannion?

No, I'm...I'm...I'm not very good with technology.

The Papermate pen is still cutting-edge technology as far as I'm concerned.

Writes upside-down, you know!

You've told the enquiry that you didn't feel at all guilty

over Mr Tickel's death.

Well, I...I felt bad. B...but not guilty.

I didn't kill him, I've never killed anyone.

Noted, but I mean, do you think you could've made a difference

if you had been contactable that day? Why?

He wasn't trying to call me. I...I'm not The Samaritans.

In fact,

apparently, tonally, I have a very depressing voice.

Mr Mannion, do you know Mr Alastair Leyton,

a senior executive at The Times?

Yes.

Did you ring Mr Leyton on 25th April

to tell him that Mr Tickel's medical records had been unlawfully obtained

and that this might form the basis of an explosive news story?

Did I, er, ring him on that day, do you mean?

I, well, I can't remember.

Well, did you ring him on any day telling him?

Look, I came into politics to make a difference,

t...to dare, to get things done,

n...not to leak things,

or...or spin, or...or blag,

or...smuggle,

but to serve, with honest, hard work.

To do.

And did you DO something? Did you contact your friend at The Times?

No, I...I didn't do that.

Perhaps we could start by just giving us an idea