Coulson guilty of phone hacking

Andrew Coulson, the former editor of News of the World, has been found guilty of conspiracy to intercept voicemail messages after one of the longest and most expensive criminal trials in British legal history.

Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of News International has been acquitted of any criminal wrongdoing. The jury verdicts came after a mammoth seven month trial, rich in human drama, which has placed one of Rupert Murdoch’s most trusted former executives in the dock with one of Prime Minister David Cameron’s most senior ex-aides.