Phone Hacking Trial: Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson trial begins today:UPDATE BROOKS NOT GUILTY, COULSON GUILTY

I had no idea Rebekah Brooks used to be married to Ross Kemp!

Mind totally blown!

sonic72 wrote:I had no idea Rebekah Brooks used to be married to Ross Kemp!

Mind totally blown!

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Take a deep breath and help yourself to some alcohol [I recommend a genuine red Bordeaux of sorts]   

sonic72 wrote:I had no idea Rebekah Brooks used to be married to Ross Kemp!

Mind totally blown!

She was once arrested for an assault on Ross Kemp.

Seriously!

Tony Bennett wrote:

sonic72 wrote:I had no idea Rebekah Brooks used to be married to Ross Kemp!

Mind totally blown!

She was once arrested for an assault on Ross Kemp.

Seriously!

Yes, here is the story..

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Tony Bennett wrote:

sonic72 wrote:I had no idea Rebekah Brooks used to be married to Ross Kemp!

Mind totally blown!

She was once arrested for an assault on Ross Kemp.

Seriously!

Same sex marriages often lead to domestic violence.

 

Tony Bennett wrote:

sonic72 wrote:I had no idea Rebekah Brooks used to be married to Ross Kemp!

Mind totally blown!

She was once arrested for an assault on Ross Kemp.

Seriously!

I was thinking about that story the other day Tony, having read this story about Kemp facing down an armed man - link

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He faced down this armed man whilst making a tv programme but it seems he couldn't face down his missus at the time.    

 armed man, tv cameras rolling,  hard man grabs gun.        

I think Ross Kemp was amazing , far easier to let the red mist descend, but so much harder to be restrained!He made a choice and I don't think his reputation has suffered because of it.

After reading through most of the reports of the trial, I notice that the red-hair-mare is a slippery fish, adept at evading questions with clever play or words and mind game.  

The verdict is anyone's guess.  
It's not an easy one to discern.

Phone-hacking trial: Rebekah Brooks was 'relieved' to resign

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Mr Brooks said his wife wanted to avoid a "killer photograph" of being arrested

 

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Charlie Brooks has told the phone-hacking trial that his wife, Rebekah, was relieved when she was asked to resign from her position as chief executive of News International.

He said Rupert Murdoch had tried to stop her resigning but the company's then executive chairman, James Murdoch, later decided she should go.

It followed extensive revelations of illegal phone hacking by journalists.

Mr and Mrs Brooks deny the various charges against them.

In testimony at the Old Bailey in London, Mr Brooks described his wife's state of mind, saying she was "pretty wrecked" as allegations of phone-hacking mounted.

He said Rupert Murdoch had contacted him after allegations, in July 2011, that News International journalists had hacked the mobile phone of the murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler.

Mr Brooks said Mr Murdoch knew that Mrs Brooks was upset and wanted to resign.

"He explicitly told me if she shows any signs she was going to resign, I should ring him in America so he could ring her and stop her resigning," Mr Brooks said.

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Mr Brooks said he and his wife had cut short a holiday in order in deal with the unfolding crisis at News International


Mr Brooks said his wife had planned to take a leave of absence from her job but the crisis finally reached the point later in July 2011 where James Murdoch, then the company chairman, decided she should resign.

Mr Brooks said James Murdoch had rung him to ask him to pass on a message to this effect to his wife.

Mr Brooks said that after he did so, Mrs Brooks replied: "Thank god for that. I've been telling them that."

"I think she was quite relieved," Mr Brooks said.

Earlier, Mr Brooks described how he and his wife had cut short a holiday in order to deal with the unfolding crisis at News International, owner of the News of the World and Sun newspapers.

 
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He also said there was a second reason for changing their return date - they had received advice that Mrs Brooks was likely to be arrested when the couple flew in to Heathrow Airport and hoped that an earlier return might prevent any photographers at the airport getting "the killer photograph".

Asked what that was, he replied: "The career-ending photograph - you being led out of your home or led out of Heathrow handcuffed, surrounded by police.

"You are never going to get another job."

Mr Brooks, 51, of Churchill, Oxfordshire is accused of trying to hide potential evidence from police.

He told the jury that laptops he had concealed behind bins in the underground car park at his Chelsea Harbour flat contained drafts and proposals for books he hoped to have published.

"I think it's fair to say there was quite a lot of smut as well," Mr Brooks said, referring to what his wife has called his "rather large porn collection".

Johnny the Fish

Earlier, Mr Brooks prompted laughter in court as he gave details of several failed business ventures including a pub which he had co-owned with "someone called Johnny the Fish".

"After about a year, I worked out why he was called Johnny the Fish," Mr Brooks said.

Mr Brooks denies conspiring to pervert the course of justice.

Mrs Brooks, 45, denies conspiracy to hack phones, conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

The trial continues.

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REPLY: Well, I am shocked. The husband of Rebekah Brooks had 'a rather large porn collection'. Who'd 'ave thought it?

I'm shocked too, from being married to a hard man to a man with failed businesses who liked to watch rather a lot of porn.  I wouldn't ave thought it.

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Must be the same man?

plebgate wrote:I'm shocked too, from being married to a hard man to a man with failed businesses who liked to watch rather a lot of porn.  I wouldn't ave thought it.

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Must be the same man?

Not just any porn, but lesbian porn, does not make sense at all.

I think RB is making it up to excuse his action of helping her to hide PC from Police.

Wouldn't surprise me at all aiyoyo.   Not at all.   

and still people suck up to these so called elites and many will do anything to get in with them.  Sad, very, very sad.

plebgate wrote:Wouldn't surprise me at all aiyoyo.   Not at all.   

and still people suck up to these so called elites and many will do anything to get in with them.  Sad, very, very sad.

When she was in power people suck up to her, but all that will change when she becomes ex-convict.
Just wait till she's sentenced to serve time then she will find out how many friends she has left, and she'd lucky if she can count them up to one hand.

I doubt people in power will seek her out once there's nothing in it for them, when they can't milk her power anymore, she's a used object that can be discarded without second thought.

She was a nobody whose meteoric rise is history and so she is history in the making too.

Tony and Cameron fawn over her because of Murdoch and once that is taken out of the equation she's out of the equation with them as well I should think.

The jury have been out since 11 June and, during the times the deliberations are taking place, the defendants have now been told to stay within 15 minutes of the Old Bailey in the event of a verdict being returned.

That's interesting UT it would seem the verdicts are imminent any day now.

Usually when the Jury takes so long to come to a decision it's a sign they are spilt, and can't arrive at an unanimous agreement.

I wonder what will happen if it is a hung jury.

It should be remembered that there are 7 defendants facing a variety of charges, the trial has been running for more than 7 months, and the judge' s summing up took several days.

In a case of this complexity it's unlikely the jury will return an early verdict and, as yet, there has been no indication that they are unable to reach a unaminous decision.

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Imo, at the very worst she would have the Martha Stewart experience. Running the prison yoga group and hearing a lot of very interesting info ready for the outside from fellow detainees.

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Thank you for the link UT.

Interesting comment posted at the end:

Richard Mahony :

24 Jun 2014 11:11:39am

Journalists and voicemail crackers, all behaving badly. Nothing we didn't know or didn't expect. But what of the unnamed lawyer whose safe contained the voice mail tapes? What of all the media corporate lawyers who earn a fine living supporting the hacks - when are they to be charged and prosecuted?

BREAKING NEWS:
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Hacking: Brooks Cleared But Coulson Guilty

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Rebekah Brooks has been cleared of all charges in the phone hacking trial, while Andy Coulson has been found guilty.
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Brooks cleared,jesus wept.

If you have the right connections you can get away with anything.


This case highlights why the Mcccans will never face justice.

Accept it and move on. Ultimately you are powerless.

The Brooks ruling highlights for me its time to move on.


People have tried there best to get justice for madeleine but for me i now accept the Mccanns will never be charged.

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Justiceseeker wrote:If you have the right connections you can get away with anything.


This case highlights why the Mcccans will never face justice.

Accept it and move on. Ultimately you are powerless.

The Brooks ruling highlights for me its time to move on.


People have tried there best to get justice for madeleine but for me i now accept the Mccanns will never be charged.

I don't think so,i am here until the bitter end.
you are right about its who you know,david Cameron springs to mind

Justiceseeker wrote:If you have the right connections you can get away with anything.


This case highlights why the Mcccans will never face justice.

Accept it and move on. Ultimately you are powerless.

The Brooks ruling highlights for me its time to move on.


People have tried there best to get justice for madeleine but for me i now accept the Mccanns will never be charged.

Correct. It was always going to happen .even when being caught on cctv removing the compute. 
Nothing at the screws went on without Brooks say so .

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Andy Coulson has been found guilty of phone hacking.

Justiceseeker wrote:If you have the right connections you can get away with anything.


This case highlights why the Mcccans will never face justice.

Accept it and move on. Ultimately you are powerless.

The Brooks ruling highlights for me its time to move on.


People have tried there best to get justice for madeleine but for me i now accept the Mccanns will never be charged.

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Let's all give up?

You wish.

Andy Coulson the scapegoat.

What a joke.


Who will be the scapegoat in the Mccann case?

Sure as hell wont be the Mccanns.