Brooks: 'Impossible to know' story sources

Rebekah Brooks has denied any knowledge of phone hacking while she was editor of the News of the World, insisting it was impossible for her to know the source of every story that appeared in the tabloid.

Brooks: 'Impossible to know' story sources

Rebekah Brooks has denied any knowledge of phone hacking while she was editor of the News of the World, insisting it was impossible for her to know the source of every story that appeared in the tabloid.

As she took to the witness box for the first time at the Old Bailey today, the former News International (NI) chief executive said she had not heard private detective Glenn Mulcaire’s name mentioned, nor anything about his hacking activities, during her leadership from May 2000 to January 2003.

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