 He took over the place previously held by the "Daily Mail"'s editor-in-chief Paul Dacre, who had served on the body from 1999 to April 2008.The PCC issued two reports, in 2007 and 2009, which were compiled in ignorance of the significant information from the "Mail" group about the hacking of its journalists’ phones.According to "The Guardian" journalist Nick Davies, whose revelations had resulted in the "News of the World" phone hacking trial and subsequent conviction of Andy Coulson, this reinforced News International's "rogue reporter" defence.