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
Country News Club Daily Sun" is printed at the Portsmouth, New Hampshire presses of Seacoast Media Group, which also publishes "The Portsmouth Herald". Country News Club and its daily newspapers were founded by Dave Danforth, Mark Guerringue and Adam Hirshan, the latter two of whom were still on the Conway and Berlin papers' mastheads, as of early 2012, as publisher and editor, respectively. Guerringue and Hirshan partnered with Edward J. Engler to found Lakes Region News Club and "The Laconia Daily Sun". In 2012 Engler remained publisher-editor of the Laconia paper. The Portland paper was begun in February 2009 as a joint effort