Rebekah Brooks to be charged

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks is to be charged with perverting the course of justice during the phone-hacking scandal.

Rebekah Brooks to be charged
Tue, 15 May, 2012 - 11:00

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks is to be charged with perverting the course of justice during the phone-hacking scandal.

Mrs Brooks and her racehorse trainer husband Charlie revealed the charges in a statement in which they criticised the decision by the UK's Crown Prosecution Service.

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