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Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has been found guilty of plotting to hack phones between 2000 and 2006 while the court jury cleared ex-News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks of all charges on Tuesday.
The ex-spin doctor Coulson, 46, who was forced to step down from the position of Prime Minister David Cameron’s director of communications in 2011 after the emergence of scandal, now faces the possibility of jail following the high-profile trial at the Old Bailey.
The jury consisted of eight women and three men have delivered their verdicts after eight days of deliberations and nearly six months of evidence sparked by the scandal that led to News Corporation boss Rupert Murdoch shutting down the Sunday tabloid in disgrace in July 2011.
Brooks, who edited The Sun and the News of the World, before promoting to the post of News International chief executive, was cleared of conspiring to hack phones, conspiring to commit misconduct in public office, and conspiring to cover up evidence to pervert the course of justice.
She had already been cleared of one count of misconduct during the eight-month trial at the Old Bailey.
Mr Cameron, who appointed Coulson in 2007 and also took him into Downing Street in the same role after getting elected as Prime Minister in 2010, has apologised for employing Mr Coulson in the wake of his conviction.
After former spin doctor’s arrest, the Prime Minister has stated: “I take full responsibility for employing Andy Coulson.
“I did so on the basis of undertakings I was given by him about phone hacking and those turned out not to be the case.
“I always said that if they turned out to be wrong, I would make a full and frank apology and I do that today.
“I am extremely sorry that I employed him. It was the wrong decision and I am very clear about that.”
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