Tue Jul 24, 2012, 06:07 AM

Phone hacking: CPS announce charges - live

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11.07am: A total of eight out of the 13 people arrested on suspicion of phone hacking will face charges.

A further three people on police bail over hacking allegations have not been charged. The decision relating to two others has been deferred, the CPS has said.

The eight journalists to face charges are: Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Stuart Kuttner, Glenn Mulcaire, Greg Miskew, Ian Edmondson, Neville Thurlbeck and James Weatherup.
11.07am: Andy Coulson, Rebekah Brooks and Neville Thurlbeck all face charges related to the alleged hacking of Milly Dowler's mobile telephone.

11.03am: The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has announced that Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Glenn Mulcaire and Neville Thurlbeck will face charges relating to phone hacking.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/blog/2012/jul/24/phone-hacking-cps-charges-live?utm_source=feedburner&amp;amp;amp;amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;amp;amp;amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fmedia%2Frss+%28Media%29

Phone hacking: eight to face charges :

Eight people will face a total of 19 charges relating to phone hacking, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18961228

Go to Guardian link above for full list of charges.

11.14am: Here is the full charge sheet from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS):

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/blog/2012/jul/24/phone-hacking-cps-charges-live?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fmedia%2Frss+%28Media%29

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Phone hacking: CPS announce charges - live (Original post)	dipsydoodle	Jul 2012	OP
Rupert no longer in Scunthorpe - changing name to Shorpe	rootProbiscus	Jul 2012	#1
I'm sure they'll just get 2 pound fines. Like here in America. A mere slap	valerief	Jul 2012	#2
Max sentence is :	dipsydoodle	Jul 2012	#3
Brooks and Coulson to be given chance to find out whether prisons are like holiday camps	dipsydoodle	Jul 2012	#4
Phone hack charges may add to fallout for Brit PM	Amonester	Jul 2012	#5

Response to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Tue Jul 24, 2012, 07:07 AM

rootProbiscus (18 posts)

1. Rupert no longer in Scunthorpe - changing name to Shorpe

lower than a dog turd on concrete

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Tue Jul 24, 2012, 08:14 AM

valerief (35,675 posts)

2. I'm sure they'll just get 2 pound fines. Like here in America. A mere slap

on the wrist. And then they'll appeal the fines and win that.

But until that happens there'll be a big show, like they're actually DOING something. All pomp.

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Tue Jul 24, 2012, 09:00 AM

dipsydoodle (32,609 posts)

3. Max sentence is :

The charge carries a sentence of up to two years in prison or a fine.

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Tue Jul 24, 2012, 12:01 PM

dipsydoodle (32,609 posts)

4. Brooks and Coulson to be given chance to find out whether prisons are like holiday camps

The Crown Prosecution Service has announced that Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson are to face charges relating to phone hacking, handing the former News of the World editors the chance of finding out exactly similar prisons are to holiday camps.

The two are to be charged with conspiring to access the voicemail of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, and face the prospect of a long stay in a venue “more akin to an all-inclusive Butlins stay than a prison”.

As one former Sun reader explained, “Over the years we’ve marvelled at The Sun’s investigative journalism, and it’s breakthrough reports on how prison is no deterrent to criminals, with inmates merely pampered and treated at the expense of the tax payer.”

“I look forward to reading their expose from the ‘inside’ on how the gym and exercise facilities are better than you’d find on any council estate.”

Read more: http://newsthump.com/2012/07/24/brooks-and-coulson-to-be-given-chance-to-find-out-whether-prisons-are-like-holiday-camps/#ixzz21YYYKiUN

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Tue Jul 24, 2012, 11:43 PM

Amonester (10,169 posts)

5. Phone hack charges may add to fallout for Brit PM

RAPHAEL SATTER
London — The Associated Press
Published Tuesday, Jul. 24 2012, 2:28 PM EDT
Last updated Tuesday, Jul. 24 2012, 8:41 PM EDT

Britain's phone hacking scandal entered a new and expanded criminal phase Tuesday, with charges brought against two former members of Prime Minister David Cameron's inner circle over a campaign of illegal espionage that has rocked the country's establishment.

The Crown Prosecution Service announced Tuesday that Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks — both former editors of Rupert Murdoch's now-shuttered News of the World tabloid — were among eight people being charged with conspiring to intercept the communications of at least 600 people between 2000 and 2006. The alleged victims included everyone from a murdered teenager to Hollywood power couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

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The charges may further embarrass Mr. Cameron, who hired Mr. Coulson as his chief communications adviser and once counted Ms. Brooks and her horse training husband Charlie in his circle of friends. The prime minister is Ms. Brooks' neighbour in the well-to-do Cotswolds town of Chipping Norton, and would swing by the News Corp. executive's house for Christmas parties, go horseback riding with her husband, and text her weekly.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/celebrity-news/phone-hack-charges-may-add-to-fallout-for-british-pm/article4438151/

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