Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
Andy Coulson, the former editor of News of the World, will go on trial yet again this summer. Coulson’s retrial for accusations of paying police officers for a phone directory for the royal family is scheduled for this June, the Guardian reported. After Coulson resigned as editor in 2007 following phone hacking charges against the tabloid newspaper, Prime Minister David Cameron hired him to be his communications director. Coulson resigned that position in 2011 amidst new and expanded phone hacking charges. He was found guilty of phone hacking last year. Along with Coulson, former News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman also will be re-tried. Both face two charges of conspiring to commit misconduct in public office. Goodman was previously jailed and pleaded guilty to phone hacking back in 2007. Coulson and Goodman’s retrial begins June 29. “He and Goodman were accused of paying £1,000 to a police officer at St James’s Palace for a copy of the royal directory known as the Green Book,” the Guardian reported. It was alleged Goodman organised the deal in January 2003, and Coulson approved payment by email.” Goodman and Coulson deny the claims, the BBC noted. Coulson was released from jail in […]
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