One would have thought so Michael.
Still it's not much of a paper and perhaps thought that they would run with it and see where it took them. Perhaps they figured that if it contained any truth, BP would have to confirm it and they would be first with this story..........
I do think that it is an invasion of privacy, on an issue that is potentially very sensitive. I hope that they are taken to task severely as a result, but doubt that this kind of rogue journalism will cease whatever the outcome.