Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Lawyer: 'No smoking gun' against Rebekah Brooks

FILE - This is a Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014 file photo of Rebekah Brooks, the former News International chief executive, arrives at the Central Criminal Court in London where she appears to face charges related to phone hacking. Brooks' lawyer has told the jury at Britain's phone-hacking trial on Tuesday May 20, 2014 that they must ignore the "inaccuracy and bias ... cruelty and vitriol" written about his client as they consider their verdicts. Jonathan Laidlaw said Tuesday that prosecutors had produced "no smoking gun" to convict former News of the World editor Brooks, who is accused of conspiring to hack phones, pay officials for information and obstruct a police investigation. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File) LONDON (AP) — Rebekah Brooks' lawyer has told the jury at Britain's phone-hacking trial they must ignore the "inaccuracy and bias ... cruelty and vitriol" written about his client as they consider their verdict.








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