By Martin Hickman. Two key prosecution witnesses against former News of the World editor Andy Coulson are “thoroughly tainted”, his lawyer told the phone hacking trial today. Timothy Langdale, QC, attacked the…

By Martin Hickman. Clive Goodman, the News of the World’s royal editor, was “groomed” to take sole blame for the phone hacking scandal, his lawyer told a court today. Making his closing…

By Martin Hickman. Rebekah Brooks is the victim of a “witch-hunt” by the prosecuting authorities, her lawyer said today. Concluding his closing speech, Jonathan Laidlaw, QC, referred to a text Mrs Brooks…

By Martin Hickman Phone hacking and bribery of public officials happened on only a few occasions during Rebekah Brooks’ editorship of national newspapers, her lawyer told the Old Bailey today. Making his…

By Martin Hickman. Rebekah Brooks could not have agreed to the hacking of Milly Dowler because she was on holiday at the time, her lawyer told the phone hacking trial today. Jonathan…

By Martin Hickman 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. In his…

By Martin Hickman. Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson and Stuart Kuttner knew all about phone hacking from the time the News of the World targeted Milly Dowler and did nothing to stop it…

By Martin Hickman The jury in the phone hacking trial is set to retire to consider its verdicts three weeks today, Judge John Saunders said this morning. Addressing the 11 remaining jurors…

By Martin Hickman. Police security plans for Princess Diana’s former home were found at the home of a News of the World reporter when he was arrested by detectives for phone hacking,…

By Martin Hickman. 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. Mr…