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Brooks ‘did not know’ about Mulcaire’s £92,000-a-year contract, trial hears
By Martin Hickman Rebekah Brooks did not know that Glenn Mulcaire was on a £92,000-a-year contract with the News of the World, she told the phone hacking trial today. Speaking about the…
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Brooks relied on Stuart Kuttner to run NOTW’s budget, trial told
By Martin Hickman Rebekah Brooks relied upon the News of the World’s managing editor Stuart Kuttner to oversee the paper’s multi-million pound budget, she told the hacking trial this afternoon. Asked who…
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Trial hears of Brooks’ battle through “misogynistic” tabloid world
By Martin Hickman Rebekah Brooks battled her way through a high-spending, hyper-competitive and sometimes “misogynistic” world to climb to the top of tabloid journalism, the phone hacking trial heard today. Taking the…
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Rebekah Brooks wanted to blame Les Hinton and Colin Myler for phone hacking scandal
By Martin Hickman Rebekah Brooks wanted to blame News International’s former chairman Les Hinton and the News of the World’s editor Colin Myler for the phone hacking scandal, according to a document…
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Tony Blair ‘privately advised’ Rebekah Brooks on phone hacking scandal, court hears
By Martin Hickman Tony Blair was privately advising Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers on the phone hacking scandal days after learning its best-selling Sunday title, the News of the World, had intercepted the messages of…
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Mulcaire accessed NOTW editors’ voicemails dozens of times, Old Bailey learns
By Martin Hickman News of the World contractor Glenn Mulcaire intercepted the phone messages of its current and former editors dozens of times, the Old Bailey learned today. Prosecutor Mark Bryant-Heron showed the jury phone records disclosing that Mulcaire…
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Brooks asked to chat to ex-husband Ross Kemp about phone hacking
By Martin Hickman Rebekah Brooks asked to chat to her former husband about phone hacking a fortnight before the scandal about the interception of Milly Dowler’s voicemail hit the headlines. In further evidence…
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Former NOTW executive ordered hacks after leaving tabloid
By Martin Hickman A long-serving News of the World executive ordered dozens of individuals to be hacked after he left the tabloid, the phone hacking trial heard today. News editor Greg Miskiw…
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Brooks agreed £200,000 deal with Max Clifford to settle hacking lawsuit
By Martin Hickman Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper group considered dispatching one of his favourite executives with a bundle of cash to settle a lawsuit for phone hacking, the Old Bailey heard today. At…
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Police evidence of more than 6,000 NOTW “hacking calls”, trial hears
By Martin Hickman News International staff or contractors made more than 6,000 calls to voicemail inboxes before police smashed the phone hacking operation at the News of the World, the phone hacking trial heard…
