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
Metropolitan Police role in the news media phone hacking scandal kept it unexamined in trash bags at Scotland Yard. On 24 July 2012, charges were brought against eight former employees or agents of "News of the World" including head editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson. All eight were charged regarding illegal interception of communications relating to specific individuals After Jonathan Rees was released from prison in 2005, he resumed private investigative work for "News of the World", then under the leadership of Andy Coulson. Documents seized as part of the ongoing investigation of Rees for the murder of Daniel Morgan included "a seven-page fax, dated 5 July 2006, that contained