article_snippet: Paul Gascoigne told the High Court on Wednesday that phone-hacking was linked to  alcoholism.
article_snippet: The 47-year-old former England star started Paul Gascoigne evidence at a compensation hearing to determine what compensation should be paid by Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) in eight representative cases by telling Mr Justice Mann that Mr Justice Mann was 'fuming'.
article_snippet: Former footballers Gary Mabbutt (second left) and Paul Gascoigne (second right)
article_snippet: Gascoigne, who is complaining about 18 articles - all accepted to have been the product of illegal activity - said: 'I couldn't speak to anybody, I was scared to speak to anybody...
article_snippet: Paul Gascoigne (second right) went on: 'At the time I was going through a bad time because I knew I was getting hacked, 110 per cent.
article_snippet: Paul Gascoigne (second right)
article_snippet: Paul Gascoigne (second right) claimed hackingruined Paul Gascoigne (second right) life' as Paul Gascoigne (second right) waits for compensation to be determined . '
article_snippet: As I was speaking to Paul Gascoigne (second right) on the phone, it clicked again.
article_snippet: Paul Gascoigne (second right) told me I was paranoid, I was going through a mental disorder. '
article_snippet: After speaking briefly, Paul Gascoigne (second right) was told Paul Gascoigne (second right) would not face cross-examination by Matthew Nicklin QC, for MGN, and Paul Gascoigne (second right) evidence was going unchallenged.
article_snippet: Paul Gascoigne (second right) replied: 'I have waited 15 years to be sat here so I am disgusted, really. '