Rebekah Brooks, the former boss of Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper arm, was acquitted on Tuesday of orchestrating a campaign to hack into phones and bribe officials in the hunt for exclusive news.
A jury at London's Old Bailey court cleared Brooks unanimously but found Andy Coulson, Prime Minister David Cameron's former media chief and ex-editor of one of Murdoch's British titles, guilty of being part of the phone-hacking conspiracy after a trial that has lasted nearly eight months.
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THE TRIAL > Love, money and power in phone-hacking trial > "Do his phone", Murdoch editor told reporter > Brooks and Coulson had an affair, trial told > Brooks: I was "rubber stamp" for payments > Brooks and Coulson shared close work secrets > Brooks denies hacking cover-up at Murdoch arm > Murdoch told me not to quit during hacking row > Paper closure discussed before hacking furore > "Rogue reporter" defence shaky in 2009-Brooks > Former UK PM Blair offered to help Murdoch > Prosecutors conclude case against Murdoch staff > Actress Sienna Miller angry at trial details > Hacking trial revelation shocks actor Jude Law > Cameron's ex-media chief "knew of hacking" > Ex-reporter says hacked at Murdoch paper, rival > Paper hacked Prince William's wife phone > Queen Elizabeth went nuts over nibbles (Reporting by Michael Holden and Kate Holton; editing by Guy Faulconbridge and David Stamp)
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