Ex-MI5 chief reveals her personal life was spied on by Sunday Times

She said the journalists even bragged that they could access her medical records.

The former head of MI5,Dame Stella Rimington,has revealed that journalists at one of Rupert Murdochs newspapers launched a secret campaign to uncover her personal life.

Britains first female spy boss revealed that she became a target for spying by The Sunday Times,part of Murdochs troubled News International group,saying that the journalists discovered where she shopped,where she held her bank account and even bragged that they could access her medical records.

Theyd found out which branch of Marks & Spencer I bought my food at,and theyd even found where my bank account was,too, Express.co.uk quoted Rimington,as saying.

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She told The Lady magazine that when the journalists informed her they could access her medical records she thought,Blimey. What have I let myself in for?

Rimington,who joined MI5 in 1992 and retired in 1996,gave no indication that she believes she was a victim of phone-hacking that led to the closure of the Sunday Times stablemate News of the World.

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