Director of Public Prosecutions backs attorney's call to admit phone-tap evidence in court.

The DPP yesterday backed a call by the attorney general for the removal of the ban on using phone-tap evidence in court. He said: "It's very, very important we do everything we can to achieve this because we've got a big prize in prospect if we manage this. The big prize is public safety - convicting dangerous criminals." Liberty welcomes phone-tap evidence use in criminal cases.