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| Rebekah Brooks, the former News International chief executive, has arrived at court for pre-trial hearings in connection with a series of criminal charges in relation to her time at Rupert Murdoch's publishing empire both as editor of the News of the World and editor of the Sun. | Rebekah Brooks, the former News International chief executive, has arrived at court for pre-trial hearings in connection with a series of criminal charges in relation to her time at Rupert Murdoch's publishing empire both as editor of the News of the World and editor of the Sun. |
| Brooks will appear with nine other defendants facing a variety of charges including her husband, Charlie Brooks, the racehorse trainer and friend of David Cameron, at Southwark crown court in London. The pair arrived at the court at about 9am on Wednesday. | Brooks will appear with nine other defendants facing a variety of charges including her husband, Charlie Brooks, the racehorse trainer and friend of David Cameron, at Southwark crown court in London. The pair arrived at the court at about 9am on Wednesday. |
| She will be asked to tell the court if she is pleading guilty or not guilty to three sets of charges relating to alleged phone hacking, unlawful payments to public officials for stories and allegations that she tried to pervert the course of justice by concealing material from the police at the height of the phone-hacking investigation in July 2011. | She will be asked to tell the court if she is pleading guilty or not guilty to three sets of charges relating to alleged phone hacking, unlawful payments to public officials for stories and allegations that she tried to pervert the course of justice by concealing material from the police at the height of the phone-hacking investigation in July 2011. |
| He has been accused along with six others including Brooks's former secretary Cheryl Carter and News International's head of security Mark Hanna of conspiring to pervert the course of justice by concealing material, documents and computers from police around the time of Brooks's arrest two years ago. The charge carries a maximum penalty of life, although the average term served in prison is 10 months. | He has been accused along with six others including Brooks's former secretary Cheryl Carter and News International's head of security Mark Hanna of conspiring to pervert the course of justice by concealing material, documents and computers from police around the time of Brooks's arrest two years ago. The charge carries a maximum penalty of life, although the average term served in prison is 10 months. |
| Also in court to enter pleas will be four former staff at the now defunct News of the World who have been charged in connection with allegations of phone hacking including the former NoW managing editor Stuart Kuttner, former news editor Greg Miskiw, former head of news Ian Edmondson, former chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck and former reporter James Weatherup. | Also in court to enter pleas will be four former staff at the now defunct News of the World who have been charged in connection with allegations of phone hacking including the former NoW managing editor Stuart Kuttner, former news editor Greg Miskiw, former head of news Ian Edmondson, former chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck and former reporter James Weatherup. |
| They are all facing the criminal trials following the Operation Weeting investigation into alleged phone hacking which led to charges that they conspired to unlawfully intercept mobile voice messages of "well-known people and those associated with them". | They are all facing the criminal trials following the Operation Weeting investigation into alleged phone hacking which led to charges that they conspired to unlawfully intercept mobile voice messages of "well-known people and those associated with them". |
| Brooks and her co-defendants in the Weeting police operation were charged last July, a year after the News of the World was closed down, and face possible trial this September. | Brooks and her co-defendants in the Weeting police operation were charged last July, a year after the News of the World was closed down, and face possible trial this September. |
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