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 history in Melbourne, to form the "Herald-Sun". The Sun News-Pictorial The Sun News-Pictorial, also known as "The Sun", was a morning daily tabloid newspaper published in Melbourne, from 1922 until its merger in 1990 with "The Herald" to form the "Herald-Sun". "The Sun News-Pictorial" was part of The Herald and Weekly Times stable of Melbourne newspapers. For more than fifty years it was the newspaper with the largest circulation in Australia. Along with its extensive coverage of Australian Rules football (for example, it was responsible for the competition that produced the original VFL/AFL team songs) "The Sun News-Pictorial" distinguished itself