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Britain's high-profile phone-hacking trial to begin
Source: Reuters
Britain's high-profile phone-hacking trial to begin
By Michael Holden and Kate Holton
LONDON | Mon Oct 28, 2013 8:04am EDT
(Reuters) - The trial of Rupert Murdoch's former British newspaper chief and Prime Minister David Cameron's ex-media head begins on Monday in what will be Britain's most high-profile and eagerly-awaited criminal case in years.
Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, both former editors of Murdoch's now defunct News of the World tabloid, are accused of conspiring to illegally access voicemail messages on mobile phones belonging to politicians, the rich and famous, as well as victims of crime and ordinary people, to secure exclusives.
They deny all charges.
The scandal surrounding phone-hacking has sent shockwaves through the top echelons of the British establishment and shaken Murdoch's News Corp empire.
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By Michael Holden and Kate Holton
LONDON | Mon Oct 28, 2013 8:04am EDT
(Reuters) - The trial of Rupert Murdoch's former British newspaper chief and Prime Minister David Cameron's ex-media head begins on Monday in what will be Britain's most high-profile and eagerly-awaited criminal case in years.
Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, both former editors of Murdoch's now defunct News of the World tabloid, are accused of conspiring to illegally access voicemail messages on mobile phones belonging to politicians, the rich and famous, as well as victims of crime and ordinary people, to secure exclusives.
They deny all charges.
The scandal surrounding phone-hacking has sent shockwaves through the top echelons of the British establishment and shaken Murdoch's News Corp empire.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/28/us-britain-hacking-idUSBRE99R0F620131028
