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Phone-hacking trial: Pleading, paranoia and spanners after journalist's arrest

on Apr 24, 2014 | 0 comments

By James Doleman

  • Coulson accused of not helping police investigation to ‘save his own skin’
  • Jury told of build up to journalist’s guilty plea
  • Corporate concerns that Goodman could “throw spanners” revealed in court
  • “Misplaced paranoia” about probation service as result of Sarah’s Law

Court resumed after lunch to hear further cross-examination of former News of the World editor Andy Coulson by David Spens QC, counsel for the newspaper’s former royal reporter Clive Goodman. Spens began by returning to events in 2006 after Goodman had been arrested for intercepting voicemails of members of the royal household. The former editor told the court that while Goodman had been Read full story ›

Source: The Drum