No need to probe Murdoch paper hacking claims: police

Chairman and CEO of News Corp Rupert Murdoch speaks during a news conference in Mumbai August 4, 2008.

LONDON (Reuters) - London police said on Thursday there was no need for a probe into claims that journalists at Rupert Murdoch's bestselling British newspaper conspired to hack into the phones of celebrities, legislators and public figures.

The Guardian newspaper reported that News of the World reporters had worked with private investigators to access "two or three thousand" private mobile phones.

It followed the jailing in 2007 of the paper's royal reporter Clive Goodman for hacking into the phones of members of the royal family's household.

"No additional evidence has come to light since this case has concluded. I therefore consider that no further investigation is required," Assistant Commissioner John Yates told reporters.

(Reporting by Michael Holden; editing by Keith Weir)