13-03-2012, 11:53 AM
Brooks held in phone-hacking probe
March 13, 2012 - 9:19PM
Rebekah Brooks and her racehorse trainer husband are among six suspects arrested today by detectives investigating phone hacking at News International.
The former News International chief executive and Charlie Brooks were arrested at their Oxfordshire home on Tuesday on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, sources said.
Police are searching several addresses after conducting dawn raids in London, Hampshire and Hertfordshire, Scotland Yard said.
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Ms Brooks, a former editor of The Sun, had been on bail after being questioned by detectives last summer on suspicion of phone hacking and corruption.
Today's arrest come after her lawyer, Stephen Parkinson, said evidence given by Sue Akers at the Leveson Inquiry had brought much prejudicial material'' into the public domain.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/brooks-held-...z1ozcSiq9h
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Rebekah Brooks ... arrested. Photo: AFP
The former News International chief executive and Charlie Brooks were arrested at their Oxfordshire home on Tuesday on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, sources said.
Police are searching several addresses after conducting dawn raids in London, Hampshire and Hertfordshire, Scotland Yard said.
Advertisement: Story continues below
Ms Brooks, a former editor of The Sun, had been on bail after being questioned by detectives last summer on suspicion of phone hacking and corruption.
Today's arrest come after her lawyer, Stephen Parkinson, said evidence given by Sue Akers at the Leveson Inquiry had brought much prejudicial material'' into the public domain.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/brooks-held-...z1ozcSiq9h
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