Coulson & Brooks hacking trial starts today

[London424]

OpulentBob said:

essayer said:

Brooks not guilty all charges

Coulson guilty of phone hacking

Sad day

Opinion or is that a finding? Nowt on beeb...

Fact...Guido is tweeting it.

ETA: everyone not guilty except for Coulson.

[anonymous-user]

just seen it.

fkity bye.

[Gargamel]

Seems extraordinary that one can get off and the other one convicted ?

Coulson being reported on the BBC now.

[London424]

Going to be lots of disappointed people on this thread having a brief read back!

[Zod]

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jun/24/and...

[Mermaid]

London424 said:

Going to be lots of disappointed people on this thread having a brief read back!

And in the country too.

CMD & TB will be happy about Brooks

[joe_90]

Someone, some where on the internet owes me £100 to charity.. FFS. I would have been happy to pay the £100.

[prand]

essayer said:

Brooks not guilty all charges

Coulson guilty of phone hacking

Sad day

Brooks' husband, PA and head of security cleared of PCOJ

Incredible. I had a feeling this was heading in this direction though, somebody posted this outcome on here a while back.

Given the fact that Murdoch had to close an entire paper overnight as part of a damage limitation exercise makes me think some people have had a lucky escape in this case.

[essayer]

Still to be decided - Coulson and Goodman buying the phone book, Judge gone for a majority direction

[Megaflow]

essayer said:

Brooks not guilty all charges

Coulson guilty of phone hacking

Sad day

Brooks' husband, PA and head of security cleared of PCOJ

And there it is, one rule for them, one for us.

[andy_s]

OpulentBob said:

just seen it.

fkity bye.

My sentiments exactly.

[Wilmslowboy]

"The jury found Mrs Brooks not guilty of conspiracy .....to pay public officials and ...."

Strange she (Brooks) has already admitted making payments to public officials

Guess it is alright to pay police officers after all ??

[RSoovy4]

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jun/24/and...

So Coulson guilty, Brooks and all others not guilty.

A very odd result given the conspiracy angle.

I say again, Brooks has dirt on people at the VERY top. Poison pill worked a treat. Someone has pulled strings here.

[kev1974]

So you have to wonder what DID she actually do in her very well paid job, if knowing how her underlings were getting their stories wasn't part of it.

What will Murdoch get her to not do for her money next? Can't see anyone else being crazy enough to employ her despite this verdict.

[Roy Lime]

This. Stinks.

[gpo746]

Genuinely surprised at verdict.
but that's the way the cookie crumbles sometimes

[TheSnitch]

outnumbered said:

outnumbered said:

My guess is that Charlie Brookes, Rebekah Brookes and Mark Hannah will be not guilty on their PCOJ charge; Rebekah Brookes & Cheryl Carter will be not guilty on their PCOJ charge; Goodman & whoever else was accused of paying a public official (for the royal phonebooks) will be not guilty of that. For all these charges, I don't think the prosecution have shown evidence "beyond reasonable doubt".

I do think that Coulson will be found guilty of knowingly being involved in phone hacking, and probably Rebekah Brookes as well. Not sure about Kuttner.

Requoting my earlier reply, this is what I reckon based on reading all the coverage as the trial went along. Of all of the defendants, I think Coulson is the most certain to be convicted, and given that he was so close to Rebekah Brooks, I think it's likely the jury would also convict her as there's no way she couldn't have known about it.

Spot on so far, mate. Good call

[Zod]

RSoovy4 said:

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jun/24/and...

So Coulson guilty, Brooks and all others not guilty.

A very odd result.

I say again, Brooks has dirt on people at the VERY top. Poison pill worked a treat.

casting doubt on the separation of powers there, Soovy!

[Halmyre]

kev1974 said:

So you have to wonder what DID she actually do in her very well paid job, if knowing how her underlings were getting their stories wasn't part of it.

What will Murdoch get her to not do for her money next? Can't see anyone else being crazy enough to employ her despite this verdict.

You'd be surprised. ste floats, remember.

[onyx39]

What little faith in the British Justice System has now been destroyed.
A sad day.