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Benjamin Pell
Benjamin Pell (also known as "Benji the Binman", born December 1963) is a British man who is known for having raked through the dustbins of law firms representing prominent people in search of incriminating or compromising documents that he could sell to the press. Reportedly, Pell has now 'retired' from this activity and makes his living as a media law expert. It is said that his mental stability was affected by an event of some 36 years ago when his eldest brother, Daniel, was knocked down by a car and killed whilst crossing a road on his way home. The guilt arising from this incident also affected Pell's parents.
==Activities==
An adherent of Orthodox Judaism〔Tom Leonard ("Benji the Binman cleans up" ), telegraph.co.uk, 22 March 2002〕 who was once a trainee lawyer, he (initially)〔Frances Gibb "‘I should be licensed to be the eyes and ears of the public’, says Benjie Pell", ''The Times'', 21 July 2011〕 failed his law exams at University College London in 1986 which he was expected to pass. He later gained a third-class degree, but could not gain employment with a law firm.〔 Pell pretended to be following a legal career for eight months until his family discovered the truth.〔
Pell began his activities in uncovering discarded newsworthy documents, classified as theft, around 1997. The documents he found have been involved in several court cases and led to many newspaper stories, including ones involving Elton John, All Saints and the 'cash for questions' libel case between Mohamed Al-Fayed and Neil Hamilton.〔Steven Moss ("Fayed 'paid for stolen papers'" ), ''The Guardian'', 12 December 2000〕 He said in 2002, "But I was never interested in the political stuff. I was a showbiz animal, and my showbiz stuff was top quality. () You'd get more money for a little nib about Hear'Say than you'd get for anything about Gordon Brown and David Blunkett."〔 In the case of Elton John, Pell had hacked into the computers of organisations connected with the singer and looked through the rubbish of John Reid Enterpries,〔Steve Boggan ("Hacker stole secrets of stars from dustbins" ), ''The Independent'', 14 March 1998〕 the company of his former manager.〔Pierre Perrone ("Arts: Sorry seems to be the hardest word" ), ''The Independent'', 13 May 1998〕 Piers Morgan at the Leveson Inquiry in 2011 admitted buying documents for stories from Pell while editor of the ''Daily Mirror'', including Elton John's discarded bank statements, and said that such behaviour was on the "cusp of () unethical".〔Andrew Pugh ("Morgan urges Leveson to show more balance to press" ), ''Press Gazette'', 21 March 2011〕〔("Leveson Inquiry: I used Benji the binman, says Piers Morgan" ), BBC News, 20 December 2011. Morgan admits this is unethical behaviour in his book ''The Insider: The Private Diaries of a Scandalous Decade'' (London: Ebury Press, 2005, p.185-86). In the clip, Robert Jay's cites this passage during his questioning of Morgan at the Inquiry.〕
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