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LONDON — Prosecutors said Monday that they would seek a retrial for Andy Coulson, a former spokesman for Prime Minister David Cameron who once edited Rupert Murdoch’s best-selling tabloid in Britain, on charges of illegally acquiring royal telephone directories from police officers.LONDON — Prosecutors said Monday that they would seek a retrial for Andy Coulson, a former spokesman for Prime Minister David Cameron who once edited Rupert Murdoch’s best-selling tabloid in Britain, on charges of illegally acquiring royal telephone directories from police officers.
A court in London was told of the plans by the prosecutor, Andrew Edis, after a jury failed to reach a verdict on bribery charges last week and found Mr. Coulson guilty of only one charge, a conspiracy to hack into mobile phones during his time at the helm of The News of the World, a Sunday paper that is now defunct. The paper’s former royals editor, Clive Goodman, will also be retried on the same charges; Mr. Goodman has already pleaded guilty to a separate charge of phone hacking that occurred in 2006.A court in London was told of the plans by the prosecutor, Andrew Edis, after a jury failed to reach a verdict on bribery charges last week and found Mr. Coulson guilty of only one charge, a conspiracy to hack into mobile phones during his time at the helm of The News of the World, a Sunday paper that is now defunct. The paper’s former royals editor, Clive Goodman, will also be retried on the same charges; Mr. Goodman has already pleaded guilty to a separate charge of phone hacking that occurred in 2006.
Mr. Coulson, who resigned from Mr. Cameron’s office in 2011, faces up to two years in prison for the hacking verdict. The judge is expected to sentence him on Friday, along with three other former colleagues at the News of The World, who pleaded guilty before the trial. A fourth colleague who has admitted to phone hacking will be sentenced in late July. Mr. Coulson, who resigned from Mr. Cameron’s office in 2011, faces up to two years in prison for the hacking verdict. The judge is expected to sentence him on Friday, along with three other former colleagues at The News of the World, who pleaded guilty before the trial. A fourth colleague who has admitted to phone hacking will be sentenced in late July.
Prosecutors have argued that as deputy editor from 2000 to 2003 and then as editor from 2003 to 2007, Mr. Coulson condoned phone hacking on a “systemic” scale. They allege that he condoned the paying of bribes for the royal phone books, and then used them to intercept the voice mail messages of aides to the royal family.Prosecutors have argued that as deputy editor from 2000 to 2003 and then as editor from 2003 to 2007, Mr. Coulson condoned phone hacking on a “systemic” scale. They allege that he condoned the paying of bribes for the royal phone books, and then used them to intercept the voice mail messages of aides to the royal family.
The police say thousands of phones were targeted.The police say thousands of phones were targeted.
On Monday, Mr. Edis described the list of phone hacking victims as “a Who’s Who to Britain for the first five years of the century,” noting that “what occurred was the routine invasion of privacy and that has the capacity to do serious harm.”On Monday, Mr. Edis described the list of phone hacking victims as “a Who’s Who to Britain for the first five years of the century,” noting that “what occurred was the routine invasion of privacy and that has the capacity to do serious harm.”
Following Mr. Coulson’s conviction last week, Mr. Cameron publicly apologized for hiring him and called it “the wrong decision.” After Mr. Coulson’s conviction last week, Mr. Cameron publicly apologized for hiring him and called it “the wrong decision.”
The News of the World was closed by Mr. Murdoch’s British newspaper holding company, News International, now renamed News UK, in July 2011 after it emerged that a private investigator employed by the tabloid had intercepted voice mail messages left on the mobile phone of a kidnapped teenager in 2002 who was later found dead.The News of the World was closed by Mr. Murdoch’s British newspaper holding company, News International, now renamed News UK, in July 2011 after it emerged that a private investigator employed by the tabloid had intercepted voice mail messages left on the mobile phone of a kidnapped teenager in 2002 who was later found dead.
Rebekah Brooks, who was Mr. Coulson’s boss between 2000 and 2003, was acquitted of all charges last week.Rebekah Brooks, who was Mr. Coulson’s boss between 2000 and 2003, was acquitted of all charges last week.