Sally Dowler said she had been attempting to call Milly’s mobile constantly in the weeks after she disappeared…but could not get through because the mailbox was full. She eventually succeeded because some of the messages had been deleted and immediately thought Milly must still be alive. Giving an emotional testimony to the Leveson inquiry into press standards yesterday…Mrs Dowler said she immediately cried out to her husband: “She’s picked up her voicemail, Bob, she’s alive.” But the couples’ hopes were cruelly dashed because…it is alleged it was private detective Glenn Mulcaire [who had deleted the messages]…working on the orders of the News of the World [part of News International]…Mr and Mrs Dowler were the first witnesses to give evidence before the Leveson inquiry…[Mr Dowler] told the inquiry: “Fundamentally, everybody’s entitled to a degree of privacy in their private life, and it’s a deep concern that our private life became public.”