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Andy Coulson denies phone hacking Andy Coulson denies phone hacking
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Former Downing Street spokesman Andy Coulson has pleaded not guilty to phone hacking and bribing public officials during his career as a journalist.Former Downing Street spokesman Andy Coulson has pleaded not guilty to phone hacking and bribing public officials during his career as a journalist.
Mr Coulson, a former editor of the News of the World, denied a charge of illegal interception of communications.Mr Coulson, a former editor of the News of the World, denied a charge of illegal interception of communications.
He also pleaded not guilty to two counts of misconduct in public office relating to alleged payments for information from public officials.He also pleaded not guilty to two counts of misconduct in public office relating to alleged payments for information from public officials.
He entered the pleas at Southwark Crown Court and has been released on bail.He entered the pleas at Southwark Crown Court and has been released on bail.
Mr Coulson, 45, from south east London, became deputy editor of the now-defunct newspaper in 2000 and was editor from 2003 to 2007.
He then became the Conservative Party's director of communications and continued working for David Cameron in government after the 2010 election, before resigning in January 2011.
Prosecutors allege the phone-hacking offence took place between October 2000 and August 2006.
The first conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office charge relates to the period from August 2002 to January 2003, while the second allegedly took place between January and June 2005.
The charges were brought as part of Operation Weeting, Scotland Yard's investigation of phone hacking, and Operation Elveden, its probe into alleged corrupt payments to public officials.