Hacking Trial Live Tweets – 28 Feb

Friday 28 February 2014

Summary
	Rebekah Brooks Defence Continues on Count 5 – Illegal Payments
		Justice Saunders explains tiring nature of giving evidence
		Counsel for Brooks continues on payments to MoD Officials
		Sun Story on lack of Army equipment in Afghanistan
		Breaches of Official Secrets Act
		Story on Female Soldier giving birth in Barracks
		Story on Military Expenses Fraud
		Fake Military Honours
		Sun story on Afghani stowaway in Army Base
	Rebekah Brooks questioned on more examples of paying Public Officials
		George Michael Story
		Story on Kate Moss and Pete Doherty
		Payment for picture of Cop Killer
		Story on Anthrax
		MP’s Expenses

Hacking Trial Live Tweets – 27 Feb

Thursday 27 February 2014

Summary
	Rebekah Brooks Defence Continues on Count 5 – Illegal Payments
		Court matters and more evidence provided to Jury
	Books Questioned on her Editorship of The Sun
		Brooks Appointed Editor of the Sun
		Brooks describes how an edition of the Sun is put together
		Issues covered by the Sun under Brooks
		Brooks admits mistakes
	Count 5 – Conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office
		Brooks questioned on illegal payments to MOD officials
		Brooks Contacts with Senior Officials
		Payments to Public Officials
		Thomas Cook Payments
		Payments to MOD Offocials

Hacking Trial Live Tweets – 26 Feb

Wednesday 26 February 2014

Summary
	Rebekah Brooks Defence Continues on Count 1 – Phone Hacking
		Brooks questioned on News of the World exclusives
		Brooks asked about Glen Mulcaire
		Soham Murders
		David Blunkett story
		Eimear Cook and the Lunch Meeting
	Rebekah Brooks questioned on Arrests of Goodman and Mulcaire
		Brooks reaction to the arrest of Clive Goodman
		Brooks Phone Hacked
		Coulson Resignation
		Brooks meeting with Clive Goodman after Prison release

Hacking Trial Live Tweets – 25 Feb

Tuesday 25 February 2014

Summary
	Rebekah Brooks Defence Continues on Finance at News of the World
		Brooks questioned on Budgets and Overspend
		Glen Mulcaire Contracts
		Affects of 9/11 Attacks
		Weekly Budgets
		Never heard of Glen Mulcaire
		The Milly Dowler Story
	Rebekah Brooks question on the use of Mobile Phones and Hacking
		Use of mobile phones
		Aware of voicemail hacking
		Didn’t know it was hacking was illegal
	Rebekah Brooks question on the Hacking of Milly Dowlers Phone
		Shocked at the hacking of Milly Dowlers phone
		Brooks in Dubai when the Milly Dowler story running
		Run through of the Milly Dowler Timeline
		Mention of Voicemails removed from Milly Dowler article
		Kuttner email to Surrey Police

Peter Jukes on ABC Radio

Peter has spoken to Mark Colvinus on the PM programme on ABC Radio in Australia to give an update on the defence case of Rebekah Brooks at the Hacking Trial. Listen to the programme from the link below (from 38 minutes onwards):

PM Programme from ABC Radio

Hacking Trial Live Tweets – 21 Feb

Friday 21 February 2014

Summary
	Rebekah Brooks Defence Continues on Financial Management
		Brooks asked about Glen Mulcaire contract
		News of the World Budgets
		More detail on Glenn Mulcaire contract
		Financial controls and incentives
	Rebekah Brooks asked about Sources of Information
		Protecting Sources
	Rebekah Brooks asked about her Relationships
		Brooks relationship with Ross Kemp
		Brooks relationship with Andy Coulson
		Meeting Charlie Brooks
	Rebekah Brooks asked about the PC
		PCC Code of Practice
	Rebekah Brooks questioned on Sarah’s Law
		Brooks explains the history of the Sarah’s Law Campaign
		Brooks gives her only TV interview
	Rebekah Brooks Contract and Responsibilities at News of the World
		Brooks Contract with the News of the World
		Contributor Payments
		Brooks on Nevil Thurlbeck
		Investigations at News of the World
		More questions on Glen Mulcaire
	Rebekah Brooks asked about the Countess of Wessex
		Fake Sheikh Operation
	More Aspects of Brooks Editorship
		Positional Appointments
		Mulcaire Confidentiality Agreement
		More detail on Budgets

Hacking Trial Live Tweets – 20 Feb

Thursday 20 February 2014

Summary
	The Defence of Rebekah Brooks Begins
		Jury directed to find Rebekah Brooks Not Guilty on Count 4
		Laidlaw Opens Rebekah Brooks Defence Case
		Laidlaw discusses the Charges against Rebekah Brooks
	Witness – Defendant Rebekah Brooks
		Rebekah Brooks questioned on her upbringing and past career
		Defence Evidence Bundles
	Rebekah Brooks Career at News Group Newspapers
		Rebekah Brooks joins News Group
		Rebekah Brooks becomes Deputy Editor of the News of the World
		Brooks asked about Les Hinton and Rupert Murdoch
		Rebekah Brooks becomes Deputy Editor of The Sun
	Rebekah Brooks as Editor of the News of the World
		Rebekah Brooks appointed Editor of the News of the World
		Brooks questioned on appointments she made as Editor
		Brooks questioned on “Dark Arts”
		Brooks questioned on Phone Hacking

Rebekah Brooks Takes The Stand At Phone Hacking Trial – The Daily Beast

Some selected paragraphs from my piece with Nico Hines for the Daily Beast on Brooks’ first appearance in the witness box. Read the whole thing here

Image from @courtroomartist

Hacking Trial Live Tweets – 19 Feb

Wednesday 19 February 2014

Summary
	The Trial Resumes
		Jury not in Court due to Legal Argument
		Rebekah Brooks case opening is delayed to tomorrow
	Prosecution Submit Evidence and Admissions
		Several Admissions presented to the Jury
		Evidence on David Blunkett and Sally Anderson Voicemails
		Further Items of Evidence
	Rebekah Brooks email Evidence on Plan B
		Rebekah Brooks email to James Murdoch
	Rebekah Brooks email on Tony Blair offer of advise
		Tony Blair offers to be unofficial advisor

The Brooks “Plan B” and “Blair Unofficial Adviser” emails

Copyright Prixpics – used with kind permission

A clearer copy of email evidence submitted in the jury bundles on the last part of the prosecution case has been released by the CPS. The first email, from 11th of July 2011 shows an exchange between Rebekah Brooks and James Murdoch, which starts with a discussion of the sales for the last edition on the News of the World.

James Murdoch replies, querying why Brooks would put such things on email. The Daily Telegraph had reported that day on the ‘smoking emails’ which caused the closure of the News of the World. It was also the day that The Times led on reports that the police wanted to interview Brooks.