Charlie Brooks (racehorse trainer) on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. They were charged with perverting the course of justice in May 2012. Charlie and Rebekah Brooks appeared in court at the Old Bailey on 26 September 2012. Rebekah Brooks faced three charges and Charlie Brooks one charge of conspiring to pervert the course of justice by concealing material from police officers. Their trial started in October 2013. In Brooks' own defence, his lawyer called him "foolish," "stupid" and "not academically gifted". One character witness, Sara Bradstock, told the court how he drank a pint of washing up liquid to get
Andy Coulson "The Sun" to edit "Bizarre". He hired Dominic Mohan, who was later promoted to editor. He set up the website page3.com, which was the first of News International's websites to make a profit. He became deputy editor of the "News of the World", the Sunday sister paper of "The Sun", in 2000. In 2001, in the run up to the general election, he asked Tony and Cherie Blair whether they were members of the mile high club. Coulson replaced Rebekah Wade as editor in 2003. In an interview with the "Press Gazette" in 2005, he said that "Tabloid newspapers in