Rebekah Brooks released on bail until October 2011. On 13 March 2012, Brooks was rearrested, together with her husband, on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Ninety people have been arrested in conjunction with illegal acquisition of confidential information since police renewed investigations in 2011, many of them employees or agents of newspapers for which Brooks had responsibilities. Sixteen have been formally charged with crimes. On 15 May 2012, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) charged Brooks and five others with conspiring to pervert the course of justice. Charged along with Brooks regarding removal of documents and computers to conceal
Geoff Webster his wife, when he appeared in court. He pleaded not guilty at the Old Bailey and was given unconditional bail. On 20 March 2015, Webster was cleared of charges that he had signed off illegal payments. Geoff Webster Geoff Webster (born Geoffrey B. Webster; 1959) is the deputy editor of "The Sun" newspaper in the UK (currently suspended due to criminal charges brought under Operation Elveden). In 2003 the deputy editor of the "News of the World", Rebekah Brooks, was appointed editor of the "Sun" newspaper. Shortly after arriving Brooks moved Webster from his job as associate editor/head of pictures