Blistering defence of Rebekah Brooks by her defence counsel, Jonathan Laidlaw who insists there was ” very little hacking” under her editorship.
Day 107:
The Crown’s case that Rebekah Brooks plotted to hack phones is “entirely circumstantial” and based on theory rather than evidence, her lawyer told the Old Bailey today.
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Finally a date is set for the jury to retire and consider their verdict as Clive Goodman completes his evidence.
Day 106:
The jury in the phone hacking trial is set to retire to consider its verdicts on 9 June 2014, three weeks today, Mr Justice Saunders said this morning.
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Wow! Goodman puts the boot in on the news of the world and phone hacking and by implication Andy Coulson
Day 105, Part 1: News International meddled in the original prosecution of Clive Goodman so that it could dodge the truth about the phone hacking, he claimed at the Old Bailey today.
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More insight into Andy Coulson from Clive Goodman over a Royal trip with Prince Charles.
Day 104: Andy Coulson kicked a desk when he found out his royal editor did not want to accompany Prince Charles on a visit to the United States, the Old Bailey was told today.
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Industrial scale hacking of the Royals laid bare by Clive Goodman -even on Christmas Day. No wonder Andy Coulson doesn’t want to know!
Day 103, Part 2:
Current members of the Royal Family including Prince William were hacked almost every day by the News of the World, the phone hacking trial heard yesterday.
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Ah, so it is all Clive Goodman’s fault for not telling Andy Coulson about how much phone hacking he did! At least that’s what Coulson’s legal team want the court to know.
Day 103, Part 1:
Former News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman is not owning up to the full scale of his phone hacking at the paper, Andy Coulson’s legal team claimed at the phone hacking trial today.
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Andrew Edis vigorously pursues his case that there has been a cover up at the top of the News of the World
Day 101, Part 2: It seemed the “first instinct” of News of the World executives after the arrest of phone hacking royal editor Clive Goodman and private detective Glenn Mulcaire was to launch a cover-up, the Old Bailey heard yesterday.
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Rather interesting parallel by Andrew Edis, prosecuting counsel, when he says Coulson and Brooks defence amounts to spending three days at a murder scene and then telling the police they didn’t know there was a body there.
Day 101, Part 1: Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson were talented, clever, ambitious individuals who told themselves it didn’t matter whether or not they were breaking the law because they “just wanted the story”, prosecuting counsel Andrew Edis, QC, told the phone hacking trial today.
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A glowing tribute from Tory minister Baroness Warsi for Andy Coulson who advised her on how to handle her BBC Question Time appearances. Didn’t know you were coached for those!
Day 100:
A Government minister who attends Cabinet today gave a glowing character reference for a journalist accused of phone hacking.
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Another person who can’t remember and has to be reminded by lawyers that she paid out money to sources. Amazing lack of recall among Murdoch’s people.
Day 99, Part 2: Andy Coulson’s former PA printed out emails stored in his drafts folder days before one of his reporters, Clive Goodman, pleaded guilty to phone hacking, a court heard yesterday.
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