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
CTB v News Group Newspapers Ltd place. On 21 February 2012, Ryan Giggs consented in the High Court to being named as the claimant known as CTB. Hugh Tomlinson QC, acting for Giggs, said that his client was claiming damages from "The Sun" for the subsequent re-publication of information in other newspapers and on the Internet. For "The Sun"'s owners News Group Newspapers, Richard Spearman QC said: "We didn't identify him. We didn't intend to identify him. On the damages for publication, it is dead in the water, this case." On 2 March 2012, Mr Justice Tugendhat refused to grant relief to Giggs, ending the claim