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
The Sun News-Pictorial longest running column was "A Place in the Sun", originally written by Keith Dunstan—founder of the Anti-Football League—and later Graeme "Jacko" Johnstone. The award-winning cartoonist Geoff "Jeff" Hook became the full-time cartoonist for "The Sun News-Pictorial" in 1964. Keith Murdoch became editor-in-chief of "The Herald" in January 1921. When the proprietor of the "Sydney Sun" tried to break into the Melbourne market in 1922 with the launch of "The Evening Sun" and "The Sun News-Pictorial", Murdoch fought a long campaign which eventually resulted in The Herald and Weekly Times, with the circulation of "The Herald" up by 50%, taking over