Former Daily Mirror editor questioned in phone hacking probe Mr Wallace's partner, Tina Weaver, 47, who edited the Sunday Mirror between 2001 and 2012, was arrested yesterday as part of a fresh phone hacking probe. James Scott, 40, the current editor of The People, his deputy Nick Buckley, 49, and former People editor Mark Thomas, 46, were also arrested. Mr Wallace was deputy editor at the Sunday Mirror between 2003 and 2004 before taking over from Piers Morgan as editor of the Daily Mirror. He and Miss Weaver both left their roles at the Mirror group last year following a major restructuring at the company. Mr Wallace was not arrested but questioned under caution and later released. A spokesman for Scotland Yard said: "A 51-year-old man attended a South London police station at approximately 1pm today. He was interviewed under caution (not arrested) in connection with a suspected conspiracy to intercept voicemails at Mirror Group newspapers which is being investigated by Operation Weeting, and later released. The latest developments represent the first time Mirror Group Newspapers have been formally implicated in the phone hacking scandal which led to the closure of the News of the World two years ago. However Mark Lewis, the lawyer who has represented many of News International's phone hacking victims, has lodged claims for invasion of privacy against Mirror Group on behalf of four alleged victims including former England football boss Sven Goran Eriksson and Coronation Street actress Shobna Gulati.