"Ironically, Scotland Yard officers later reported, in December, that the voicemails deleted on Dowler's phone – the catalyst for the entire firestorm – were found to have been deleted not by intrusive NotW journos, but by the voicemail system itself, which automatically canned messages after a period of 72 hours."
A statement that was immediately disputed by Dowlers solicitor as the messages deleted included ones that Millie Dowler could not have listened to.