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 the two tabloids in 1925. Murdoch closed the afternoon rival "The Evening Sun". In 1928, Murdoch became managing director of the HWT, by which time "The Sun News-Pictorial" was on its way to becoming Australia's highest-selling newspaper. An early editor, who has been given much of the credit for the paper's success, was (later Sir) Lloyd Dumas. "The Sun News-Pictorial"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s main competitors were the broadsheets, "The Argus" and "The Age". "The Argus" was a morning daily newspaper in Melbourne that had been published since 1846 and was considered to be the general Australian newspaper of record for this period. Widely