Phone-hacking Trial - Reaction to Today's Verdicts

Rebekah Brooks found not guilty on all 4 charges

Find details of the Jury's verdicts HERE.

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Latest links to articles and info:

• Rebekah Brooks: Social Butterfly With an Iron Will - Channel 4 News
• Society of Editors: 'Verdicts Show There Was Never Anything Wrong' - Hacked Off
• Rebekah Brooks Post Phone-hacking  - The Comeback - Roy Greenslade - Guardian

• David Blunkett: 'Hacking Took Me Close to Breakdown' - BBC News
• Murdoch Bosses Duck and Weave After Verdicts - Hacked Off
• Damian McBride - OK Then, Answer Me This...
• Rebekah Brooks: 'She's Always Been Able to Get What She Wants From People' - Guardian
• David Cameron Apologises For Hiring Andy Coulson  - Video - Guardian

• Coulson Guilty, Brooks Cleared of Charges - BBC News
• Rebekah Brooks Cleared But Andy Coulson Guilty in Phone-hacking Trial - Telegraph
• Andy Coulson Guilty Guilty Over Phone-hacking as Rebekah Brooks Walks Free - Guardian
• Coulson Guilty, Brooks Innocent - Channel 4 News
• 'Old Schoo'l Stuart Kuttner Cleared - Telegraph
• Cheryl Carter Lost Job and House Before Being Cleared - Telegraph
• 'We Need a Hit. Badly.' How Culture of News of the World's Glory Days Led to Its Downfall - Independent
• How Hacking Scandal Punctured the Puffed-up House of Murdoch - Independent

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Andy Coulson and Clive Goodman - image from Independent

At 4:18 p.m., the Jury reassembled in the courtroom to pose a question to Judge Saunders:

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5:23 p.m.:

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Phone-hacking Trial - The Verdicts

The Jury's verdicts so far are as follows:
Jury to return tomorrow to consider the remaining verdicts on Andy Coulson and Clive Goodman

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Rebekah Brooks
CEO News International - 2009 to 2011
Editor of The Sun - 2003 to 2009
Editor of The News of the World - 2000 to 2003

Arrested : July 2011
Charged : May/July/November 2012






Charges:
Count 1 - Conspiracy to intercept telecommunications - Verdict:    Not Guilty

Count 4 - Conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office - Verdict:   Not Guilty

Count 6 - Conspiracy to pervert the course of justice - Verdict:    Not Guilty

Count 7 : Conspiracy to pervert the course of justice - Verdict:    Not Guilty

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Andy Coulson

Dir. Comms Prime Minister's Office - 2010 to 2011

Dir. Comms Conservative Party - 2007 to 2010

Editor of The News of the World - 2003 to 2007

Dep. Editor of The News of the World - 2000 to 2003

Arrested : July 2011

Charged : July/November 2012

Charges:

Count 1 - Conspiracy to intercept telecommunications - Verdict:   Guilty

Count 2 - Conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office - Verdict:  Jury unable to reach verdict

Count 3 - Conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office - Verdict:  Jury unable to reach verdict

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Stuart Kuttner
Managing Editor of The News of the World - 1987 to 2009 (when he retired)

Arrested : August 2011
Charged : July 2012






Charge:
Count 1 - Conspiracy to intercept telecommunications - Verdict:   Not Guilty

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Clive Goodman
Ex-Royal Reporter at The News of the World

Goodman was arrested for intercepting voicemails of members of Royal Household in August 2006 and was sent to prison for 6 months in January 2007.

Arrested : July 2011
Charged : November 2012

Charges:
Count 2 - Conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office - Verdict:   Jury unable to reach verdict 
Count 3 - Conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office - Verdict:   Jury unable to reach verdict

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Cheryl Carter
PA to Rebekah Brooks (CEO of News International) 2007 to 2012

Arrested : January 2012
Charged : May 2012






Charge:
Count 6 - Conspiracy to pervert the course of Justice - Verdict:   Not Guilty

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Charlie Brooks
Racehorse trainer, journalist, ex-jockey. Married to Rebekah Brooks.

Arrested : March 2012
Charged : May 2012

Charge:
Count 7 - Conspiracy to pervert the course of Justice - Verdict:   Not Guilty

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Mark Hanna
Chief of Security at News International

Arrested : March 2012
Charged : May 2012








Charge:
Count 7 - Conspiracy to pervert the course of justice - Verdict:   Not Guilty

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Four of those charged have already pleaded guilty:

From L - R : Neville Thurlbeck, Greg Miskiw, Glenn Mulcaire and James Weatherup

Further information on the four men can be found HERE.

Phone-hacking Trial - Day 120

Mr. Justice Saunders will complete his summing-up and the Jury will retire to consider their verdicts...

Yesterday's full account, together with links to articles and information, can be found HERE.

Latest links to articles and information:

• Wine, Pizza and an Off-the-Cuff Judge - The Drum
• Consider How News International Execs Behaved After Goodman's Arrest, Jury Told - Martin Hickman/David Hencke
• Mirror Group Faces New Phone-hacking Claims - Guardian
• The Archivist, The PA and the Legal Pornography - The Drum
• Conspiracy Charges Hinge on Evidence Against Charlie Brooks, Judge Suggests - Hacked Off

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Today's proceedings begin:

(to view larger versions of the tweets and images, click on the first one)

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Charlie Brooks

Phone-hacking Trial - Day 119

Summing-up by Mr. Justice Saunders continues today:

 

Yesterday, the Judge completed his summing-up of the evidence for the Defence and Prosecution for Count 1, conspiracy to intercept communications. It is expected that the Jury will hear him cover the remaining Counts today and perhaps part of tomorrow. Then the Jury will retire to consider their verdicts.

Yesterday's events in court can be found HERE.

Latest links to articles and information:

• Alan Yentob Takes Sunday Mirror to Court Over Alleged Phone-hacking - Guardian
• Consider How News International Execs Behaved After Goodman's Arrest, Jury Told - Hacked Off
• Judge Asks Jurors to Consider News International 'Damage Limitation' or 'Cover-up' - The Drum
• Mail Online Ducks Questions From NewsCorp Over Its Lifting of Copy - Guardian
• Tommy Sheridan to Lodge Appeal Against Perjury Conviction - BBC News
• Royal Hacking Hidden to Avoid 'Embarrassment', Court Told - The Drum
• Summing-up, Coulson Made no Attempt to Inquire Into Extent of Phone-hacking at NoTW in 2004 - Martin Hickman/David Hencke
• Clive Goodman Lied When He Gave Evidence, Hacking Trial Judge Suggests - Hacked Off
• News International Executives Knew About Blunkett Voicemails, Court Hears - The Drum

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Today's proceedings begin:

(to view larger versions of the tweets and images, click on the first one)