The Crown Prosecution Service this morning charged eight suspects in relation to phone hacking. These suspects, including Rebekah Brooks Andy Coulson face a total of 19 charges, which I’ve set out below.
Rebekah Brooks, Andrew Coulson, Stuart Kuttner, Greg Miskiw, Ian Edmondson, Neville Thurlbeck and James Weatherup are all charged with conspiring to intercept the voicemail messages of well-known people and/or those associated with them without lawful authority from 3 October 2000 to 9 August 2006. Private investigator Glenn Mulcaire, who is the eighth person charged today, does not face this first charge for legal reasons, but four charges relating to Milly Dowler, Andrew Gilchrist, Delia Smith and Charles Clarke have been made against him today.
There are additional charges for the other seven suspects, which are as follows:
Rebekah Brooks, former chief executive of News International, faces two charges relating to:
– The voicemails of Milly Dowler
– The voicemails of Andrew Gilchrist
Andy Coulson, former News of the World editor and ex-Downing Street communications chief, faces four charges relating to the voicemails of:
– Milly Dowler
– David Blunkett
– Charles Clarke
– Calum Best
Stuart Kuttner, former News of the World managing editor, faces two charges relating to the voicemails of:
– Milly Dowler
– David Blunkett
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