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Rebekah Brooks's PAs 'effectively ran her life', phone-hacking trial hears Rebekah Brooks's PAs 'effectively ran her life', phone-hacking trial hears
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Rebekah Brooks's two personal assistants "effectively ran her life", deputed by her to do everything from getting her bottled water in the mornings to withdrawing cash and to dealing with her mortgages, the Old Bailey heard.Rebekah Brooks's two personal assistants "effectively ran her life", deputed by her to do everything from getting her bottled water in the mornings to withdrawing cash and to dealing with her mortgages, the Old Bailey heard.
They also dealt with the former News International chief executive's mother, her racehorse trainer husband Charlie and her two personal trainers.They also dealt with the former News International chief executive's mother, her racehorse trainer husband Charlie and her two personal trainers.
The Old Bailey jury heard on Wednesday how the filing cabinets and cupboards outside Brooks's office in Thomas More Square were filled with documentation relating to personal items, including wage slips, pension, shares and documents relating to an investment bank.The Old Bailey jury heard on Wednesday how the filing cabinets and cupboards outside Brooks's office in Thomas More Square were filled with documentation relating to personal items, including wage slips, pension, shares and documents relating to an investment bank.
In a cabinet market "strictly private" in the area where her two personal assistants sat were "share options, marriage certificate, gun licence" among other things, the jury was told by Trevor Burke, counsel for her long-standing PA Cheryl Carter. In a cabinet marked "strictly private" in the area where her two personal assistants sat were "share options, marriage certificate, gun licence" among other things, the jury was told by Trevor Burke, counsel for her long-standing PA Cheryl Carter.
He painted a picture of a world in which Carter and Brooks's second PA, Deborah Keegan, would take control of everything that interrupted Brooks's working life.He painted a picture of a world in which Carter and Brooks's second PA, Deborah Keegan, would take control of everything that interrupted Brooks's working life.
Burke put it to Keegan that she and Carter would "deal with her bank, her mother, Charlie, Charlie's banking, holidays sorted, her cars, deal with her security, cleaners at home, mortgages".Burke put it to Keegan that she and Carter would "deal with her bank, her mother, Charlie, Charlie's banking, holidays sorted, her cars, deal with her security, cleaners at home, mortgages".
Their morning routine would involve getting her a bottle of water, organising her appointments and returning clothes she had bought online.Their morning routine would involve getting her a bottle of water, organising her appointments and returning clothes she had bought online.
Keegan agreed with Burke when he put it to her that the two PAs had access to Brooks's banking information, including the pin code for her cash card.Keegan agreed with Burke when he put it to her that the two PAs had access to Brooks's banking information, including the pin code for her cash card.
"Every Monday morning, you would take her card, go to the bank and withdraw £200 in advance of her expenses and put it in her purse," Burke said to Keegan."Every Monday morning, you would take her card, go to the bank and withdraw £200 in advance of her expenses and put it in her purse," Burke said to Keegan.
He read emails from Brooks to both to illustrate how much they did for her. One email read: "Book a table for me and KRM [Rupert Murdoch] at [inaudible name of restaurant] Saturday night please. Quitest [sic] table." He read emails from Brooks to both to illustrate how much they did for her. One email read: "Book a table for me and KRM [Rupert Murdoch] at Kingham Plough [in Chipping Norton]. Saturday night please. Quietest table."
In another, she asked her assistants to "please make sure I get to Marks & Spencer tonight", with an attached list of shopping.In another, she asked her assistants to "please make sure I get to Marks & Spencer tonight", with an attached list of shopping.
Her assistants were also asked to look after some of her husband's appointments, with one email from one PA to the other asking if they had the "receipt for Charlie's hotel you booked for Doncaster last week".Her assistants were also asked to look after some of her husband's appointments, with one email from one PA to the other asking if they had the "receipt for Charlie's hotel you booked for Doncaster last week".
Keegan told the jury that sometimes it was so busy in Brooks's office they needed three secretaries. We were, she said, "drowning in work".Keegan told the jury that sometimes it was so busy in Brooks's office they needed three secretaries. We were, she said, "drowning in work".
She was asked about the day Carter went to retrieve seven boxes labelled in the News International archive as containing Brooks's notepads.She was asked about the day Carter went to retrieve seven boxes labelled in the News International archive as containing Brooks's notepads.
Keegan remembered that Carter had asked her to call her husband, Gary, to help load them into Carter's son's car on 8 July 2011, two days before the News of the World closed, but she pointed out there was no room for the boxes anywhere in the office because James Murdoch, then chairman of News International, was "anti-clutter".Keegan remembered that Carter had asked her to call her husband, Gary, to help load them into Carter's son's car on 8 July 2011, two days before the News of the World closed, but she pointed out there was no room for the boxes anywhere in the office because James Murdoch, then chairman of News International, was "anti-clutter".
She also told how Brooks's office had been dramatically reduced in size, first when she moved office in News International's Wapping premises after being promoted from Sun editor to chief executive, and again when the publisher moved across the road to a new headquarters at Thomas More Square.She also told how Brooks's office had been dramatically reduced in size, first when she moved office in News International's Wapping premises after being promoted from Sun editor to chief executive, and again when the publisher moved across the road to a new headquarters at Thomas More Square.
The first office was formerly occupied by proprietor Rupert Murdoch and was divided in two, with one half going to Brooks and rest going to James Murdoch, the jury were told.The first office was formerly occupied by proprietor Rupert Murdoch and was divided in two, with one half going to Brooks and rest going to James Murdoch, the jury were told.
Carter has been charged with one count of conspiring to pervert the course of justice, which she denies.Carter has been charged with one count of conspiring to pervert the course of justice, which she denies.
Brooks has been charged with two counts of conspiring to pervert the course of justice, both of which she denies.Brooks has been charged with two counts of conspiring to pervert the course of justice, both of which she denies.
The trial continues.The trial continues.
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