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LeftishBrit

(41,175 posts)
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 06:58 PM Jun 2014

Hacking trial: Coulson guilty, Brooks cleared of charges

Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has been found guilty of conspiracy to hack phones.

His predecessor Rebekah Brooks was cleared of all charges in the phone-hacking trial.

Coulson went on to become director of communications for the prime minister, who has apologised and said hiring him was "the wrong decision".

Royals, celebrities and victims of crime were among those whose phones were hacked by the News of the World...

(More at link):


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27997688

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Hacking trial: Coulson guilty, Brooks cleared of charges (Original Post) LeftishBrit Jun 2014 OP
British justice is the finest in the world! Anarcho-Socialist Jun 2014 #1
A few years ago Anarcho-Socialist Jun 2014 #2
Andy Coulson To Demand Retrial By Combat T_i_B Jun 2014 #3

Anarcho-Socialist

(9,601 posts)
1. British justice is the finest in the world!
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 08:41 AM
Jun 2014


Brooks in her testimony to a House of Commons committee, admitted paying public officials for stories (bribery) but yet manages to convince a jury that she was innocent.

Anarcho-Socialist

(9,601 posts)
2. A few years ago
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 05:22 AM
Jun 2014

I was an agency worker performing an assignment in an agency of the Home Office. There were over 200 agency workers in total on this project. We all had to go through Developed Vetting (DV) for work which was mildly sensitive at best.

Andy Coulson was never put through DV unlike his last 6 or so predecessors. Apparently Downing Street based their decision on not putting Coulson through DV "to save on cost." I find that hard to believe.

T_i_B

(14,734 posts)
3. Andy Coulson To Demand Retrial By Combat
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 07:25 AM
Jun 2014
http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2014/06/25/andy-coulson-to-demand-retrial-by-combat/

Disgraced former News of the World editor Andy Coulson is to demand a retrial by physical combat, after being inspired by the latest series of Game of Thrones.

“I’ve had a lot of free time during the last two years, so I’ve finally been able to catch up on all the latest episodes of Game of Thrones,” said Coulson in a statement read out by his legal team.

“And it seems to me the only logical step forward is to demand a retrial by combat, in which I will be championed by an eight foot tall man with a tendency toward extreme violence. If it’s good enough for Westeros I don’t see why it isn’t good enough for Westminster.”
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