Day 70, Part 2: Clive Goodman lied to newspaper executives that he was paying police officers so that his stories were published and his contacts were paid more promptly, he said today. Continue reading
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Day: 17 March 2014
Day 70, Part 1: Clive Goodman received three royal phone directories from fellow journalists, he told the phone hacking trial today. Mr Goodman, the News of the World’s former royal editor, said that one of the sources for which he arranged cash payments was a freelancer, while the other was a newspaper executive. Continue reading
What a golden opportunity there was for the world’s newspaper editors to put the record straight on press regulation in Britain. Their industry umbrella group the World Association of Newspapers sent a delegation to the UK because, they said, they were concerned about “threats to press freedom”. Continue reading
Last week was Week 17 of the Phone Hacking Trial. Once again, the jury only heard evidence for four days – the court did not sit on Friday because of juror illness Rebekah Brooks continued her evidence on Monday (Day 65) and Tuesday (Day 66), completing her thirteen days in the witness box on Wednesday (Day 67). Continue reading
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