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June 24, 2014

Rebekah Brooks Acquitted, Andy Coulson Convicted in Murdoch Phone-Hacking Case 
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Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Rupert Murdoch's newspaper unit in
Britain, has been acquitted of phone hacking and bribery in a trial that
rocked Murdoch's media empire. Her former deputy, Andy Coulson, who
served as editor of the News of the World tabloid before becoming
communications director for British Prime Minister David Cameron, has
been found guilty of one count of phone hacking. The scandal led Murdoch
to shut down the tabloid in 2011.

 

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