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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts) Wed Jun 13, 2012, 03:42 AM Jun 2012

Phone hacking: Rebekah Brooks due in court

Source: BBC News

Ex-News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks is due in court later accused of three charges of conspiring to pervert the course of justice.

Her husband, Charlie Brooks, and four former colleagues face one charge each of the offence and will also appear at Westminster Magistrates Court.

Mrs Brooks, 44, was charged last month by detectives from Operation Weeting, Scotland Yard's phone-hacking inquiry.

The offences, which she denies, allegedly occurred in July last year.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18419159

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Phone hacking: Rebekah Brooks due in court (Original Post) dipsydoodle Jun 2012 OP

Hearing over dipsydoodle Jun 2012 #1

Good. LeftishBrit Jun 2012 #2

As this is the first case to come to court on this overall subject dipsydoodle Jun 2012 #3

Mordock will pay her off to take the fall, and that number will have lots of zeros Ikonoklast Jun 2012 #4

it will be a bit difficult with all the attention being placed BlueToTheBone Jun 2012 #5

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)

1. Hearing over

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 05:45 AM

Jun 2012

The hearing is over after eight minutes, with Mrs Brooks, her husband and four other defendants bailed to appear at Southwark Crown Court on 22 June.

see 1041 here : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18422299

LeftishBrit

(41,219 posts)

2. Good.

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 06:33 AM

Jun 2012

And she doesn't seem the sort of person to quietly take the rap for everyone else. Let's hope she turns out to be Supergrass, and drags a lot of people down with her!

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)

3. As this is the first case to come to court on this overall subject

Reply to LeftishBrit (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 06:57 AM

Jun 2012

it will be interesting to see what the jury decide.

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)

4. Mordock will pay her off to take the fall, and that number will have lots of zeros

Reply to LeftishBrit (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 06:57 AM

Jun 2012

after the first number.

I wonder if the stockholders know that they are being cheated out of their profits by criminals making bribes to cover up crimes to other criminals?

BlueToTheBone

(3,747 posts)

5. it will be a bit difficult with all the attention being placed

Reply to Ikonoklast (Reply #4)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 05:51 PM

Jun 2012

on this case. I would think that would be a fresh case of the foreign government bribery act.

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