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| Rebekah Brooks appears at Southwark Crown Court | |
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| Ex-News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks has appeared in court on charges of conspiring to pervert the course of justice. | Ex-News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks has appeared in court on charges of conspiring to pervert the course of justice. |
| Mrs Brooks, 44, and husband Charlie, 49, who appeared at Southwark Crown Court, were bailed until 26 September. | Mrs Brooks, 44, and husband Charlie, 49, who appeared at Southwark Crown Court, were bailed until 26 September. |
| She faces three charges of conspiring to pervert the course of justice, while Mr Brooks is charged with one count of the same offence. | She faces three charges of conspiring to pervert the course of justice, while Mr Brooks is charged with one count of the same offence. |
| Four others also appeared at the court on the same charge. | Four others also appeared at the court on the same charge. |
| Mrs Brooks's former personal assistant Cheryl Carter, 48, of Mildmay Road, Chelmsford, Essex; head of security at News International Mark Hanna, 49, of Glynswood Road, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire; Mrs Brooks' chauffeur Paul Edwards, 47, of Victoria Park Square, Bethnal Green, east London; and security consultant Daryl Jorsling, 39, of Vale Road, Aldershot, Hampshire, all face a single charge of conspiring to pervert the course of justice. | Mrs Brooks's former personal assistant Cheryl Carter, 48, of Mildmay Road, Chelmsford, Essex; head of security at News International Mark Hanna, 49, of Glynswood Road, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire; Mrs Brooks' chauffeur Paul Edwards, 47, of Victoria Park Square, Bethnal Green, east London; and security consultant Daryl Jorsling, 39, of Vale Road, Aldershot, Hampshire, all face a single charge of conspiring to pervert the course of justice. |
| The defendants will be asked what they will plead at a hearing at the same court on 26 September. | The defendants will be asked what they will plead at a hearing at the same court on 26 September. |
| All six were bailed. | All six were bailed. |
| Mrs Brooks, of Churchill, Oxfordshire, was charged last month by detectives from Operation Weeting, Scotland Yard's phone-hacking inquiry. | Mrs Brooks, of Churchill, Oxfordshire, was charged last month by detectives from Operation Weeting, Scotland Yard's phone-hacking inquiry. |
| She is accused of conspiring to conceal documents, computers and electronic equipment from police and conspiring to remove seven boxes of material from the archive of News International. | She is accused of conspiring to conceal documents, computers and electronic equipment from police and conspiring to remove seven boxes of material from the archive of News International. |