Rebekah Brooks granted bail until 22 June

Brooks and her husband make appearance at court following charges of conspiring to pervert the course of justice.

By Joe Derry-Malone Published 13 June 2012

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The former chief executive of News International, Rebekah Brooks, appeared in front of Westminster Magistrates' Court today, on charges of conspiring to corrupt the course of justice. She was joined by her husband and four former colleagues, including her former personal assistant Cheryl Carter, who face the same charge.

Brooks was told that she must wait a fortnight before she can defend herself against accusations of concealing documents and information believed to be relevant to the phone-hacking scandal. The case will be heard at Southwark Crown Court on 22 June.

The charges, which Brooks denies, were alleged following investigations by the phone-hacking inquiry conducted by Scotland Yard, Operation Weeting.

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Mon, 2012-10-08 19:53 — Hermioneginold (not verified)

I'm not normally the type but if it turns out she did know about the interference with Milly Dowler's voicemail I will cheerfully be down the Old Bailey banging on the prison van doors and screaming 'Scum!'.

Sat, 2012-06-30 16:27 — Mr Humanus Wright (not verified)

Quote of the Day - Regarding Gareth Williams, “The world was ours for the taking.”. There's a rumour going around that Gareth may of had some sort of a last covert mission with 'Dolly the Sheep', prior to his demise, but it hasn't been fully substantiated! Apparently Alex Chapman didn't know about this covert relationship, but he may have Saw(ers) alot! Ronan Summers definitely didn't have anything to do with it, even though he loves to drink Tenets! We all love Wiltshire (Porton Down) more than Gloucestershire (GCHQ), even more so then Worcestershire (RSRE). Military Radiations Signals Intelligence always use to do 'his head in', especially when using ELF or VLF frequencies, impacting directly on the 'Neural Oscillations' of the Central Nervous System. But taking a 'Nano-Medicine' Paracetamol takes the head to a new level of game play, I'll assure you of that! Nothing to do with BCI, RNM, Synthetic Telepathy ... that would REALLY BE MAD!!! An odd thought shared ... the illegal "watching over" in our individual 'castles' of this beloved Britannia, while entertaining Babar Pappa.