private investigator

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Prince Harry's legal team says private investigator Gavin Burrows signed a statement in 2021 confirming he carried out some of the most serious wrong-doing alleged against the Mail newspapers.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The private investigator told the court he had contacted ANL when he first read about the statement in a newspaper in 2023, to tell them he had not given it.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Wright also strongly denied allegations he met private investigator Jonathan Rees and corrupt police officers in Thornton Heath pubs to pay them for information for stories.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

In 1986, Don Winslow was a 33-year-old New York-born, world-traveling private investigator who, during stakeouts, read crime fiction by authors such as Elmore Leonard, James Ellroy and Joseph Wambaugh.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Fenton Hardy, Frank and Joe’s dad, was a private investigator who used to work with the local Bayport police force.

From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon