Leveson inquiry: Sunday Mirror man denies he would buy medical
records  Nick Owens says he was only discussing possible
celebrity stories with Starsuckers director in an 'informal' way
Sunday Mirror journalist Nick Owens leaves the Leveson inquiry
after giving evidence Sunday Mirror journalist Nick Owens leaves
the Leveson inquiry after giving evidence. Photograph: Suzanne
Plunkett/Reuters  A Sunday Mirror journalist has denied to the
Leveson inquiry that he was willing to buy celebrities' private
medical records, after the person offering information revealed
himself as a documentary-maker trying to hoax tabloids into
running fake stories.  Nick Owens told the inquiry on Monday he
discussed cosmetic surgery stories with Chris Atkins in an
"informal" way and when it became apparent he was trying to
profit from them he decided he was going to expose him. The
Leveson inquiry heard how publishing medical records is a breach
of data protection laws.  Owens had detailed face-to-face
discussions with Atkins, who we