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Journalists told police they hacked Milly Dowler's phone, court hears
DAY 7 – Tues 5 Nov By Martin Hickman Journalists at the News of the World repeatedly told Surrey police that they had listened to messages on Milly Dowler’s phone, the hacking…
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Hacking Trial: Andy Coulson to take the stand
DAY 6 – Mon 4 Nov By Martin Hickman Andy Coulson will take the witness stand to clear his name, his barrister told the hacking trial today. At the end of the…
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Hacking Trial: NI security guards 'used war film codewords' during covert operation to hide evidence
DAY 6 – Mon 4 Nov By Martin Hickman Security guards working for News International used codewords from war films and the Cold War during a covert operation to hide evidence from the…
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Brooks offered Goodman a job after phone hacking conviction, court told
DAY 5 – Fri 1 Nov 2013 By Martin Hickman Rebekah Brooks responded to the imprisonment of the News of the World’s royal editor Clive Goodman by offering him a job, the…
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Coulson cleared payments to police for Queen's private phone book, jury hears
DAY 5 – Fri 1 Nov 2013 By Martin Hickman Andy Coulson approved two corrupt payments to “palace cops” despite being warned by one of his reporters that he risked criminal charges,…
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Coulson-Brooks affair assists Crown's conspiracy claim
DAY 4 – Thu 31 Oct 2013 By Martin Hickman The News of the World ordered the hacking of Milly Dowler’s phone on the same day it sympathised with her distraught parents’…
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Brooks approved £40,000 payment to official :: Brooks and Coulson would have known about phone hacking at NoTW, jury is told
DAY 3 – Wed 30 Oct 2013 By Martin Hickman Rebekah Brooks personally approved payment of almost £40,000 to a civil servant in return for information, the phone hacking trial heard today. Mrs…
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"British justice is on trial", says judge opening phone-hacking case
DAY 2 – Tue 29 Oct 2013 By Martin Hickman The phone hacking case involving Rebekah Brooks and other former journalists on Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers will be a trial of British justice,…
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Former Independent journalist to lead Hacked Off coverage of phone hacking trial
Martin Hickman, former senior journalist on The Independent and co-author of a gripping account of the hacking scandal will be reporting from court for Hacked Off during the opening stages of the first…
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The Phone Hacking trial: independent and impartial coverage from Hacked Off
The first phone-hacking trial began on Monday 28 October 2013 before Mr Justice Saunders and a jury in Court 12 at the Central Criminal Court (the Old Bailey). The first two days…
