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Phone-hacking trial: Rebekah Brooks 'asked for office bug sweep' Phone-hacking trial: Rebekah Brooks' husband 'got rid of laptop'
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Rebekah Brooks asked for her office to be swept for bugs a day before police launched their hacking investigation in January 2011, the Old Bailey has heard. CCTV footage appearing to show Rebekah Brooks' husband leaving a laptop and Jiffy bag in a car park under their west London flat has been shown to jurors in the phone-hacking trial.
The email from the then-chief executive of News International read: "Can we have my phones and office swept... thanks. Discreetly." The recordings were made on 17 July 2011, the day the ex-News International chief executive was arrested.
It was copied to co-defendant, head of security Mark Hanna. Prosecutors said Charlie Brooks was carrying the items as he walked out of a lift but later appeared empty-handed.
Mrs Brooks and Mr Hanna deny conspiracy to pervert the course of justice by concealing computers from the police. Mr and Mrs Brooks both deny conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
In a subsequent email, Mr Hanna said Mrs Brooks' Chelsea flat, in west London, and her car would also be checked for bugs. The couple, sitting side by side, watched from the dock as the clips filmed in the underground car park of their Chelsea Harbour home were shown to the Old Bailey jury.
The court heard the News International offices were routinely searched for listening devices to avoid rival journalists snatching scoops and eavesdropping on any discussions about parent company, News Corporation's planned BSkyB takeover bid. Mrs Brooks had spent the weekend of her arrest holding a series of meetings in the Oxfordshire village of Enstone, the court heard.
'Codename Blackhawk' She had been due to appear before a parliamentary select committee on the following Tuesday but was arrested on Sunday when she returned to London.
Jane Viner, News International's group director for property and facilities, also said Mrs Brooks had been sent "threatening" post as the hacking allegations emerged. A security firm drafted in to protect the couple codenamed the movements over that weekend Operation Blackhawk, jurors were told.
Blackhawk was the codename designated to Mrs Brooks when her personal security was stepped up in 2011 amid the phone-hacking allegations, the court heard.
Earlier, jurors were told Mrs Brooks asked for her office to be swept for bugs a day before police launched their hacking investigation in January 2011.
Her email, copied to a co-defendant, News International head of security Mark Hanna, read: "Can we have my phones and office swept... thanks. Discreetly."
In a subsequent email, Mr Hanna said Mrs Brooks' Chelsea flat and her car would also be checked for bugs.
The court heard the News International offices were routinely searched for listening devices to avoid rival journalists snatching scoops and eavesdropping on any discussions about parent company News Corporation's planned BSkyB takeover bid.
'Entirely honest'
Jane Viner, News International's group director for property and facilities, also told jurors Mrs Brooks had been sent "threatening" post as the hacking allegations emerged.
Most were intercepted in the post room, and the rest were usually spotted by personal assistants, she added.Most were intercepted in the post room, and the rest were usually spotted by personal assistants, she added.
During 2011, security around the company's bosses was stepped up, the court heard.
Mrs Brooks was given the codename Blackhawk and assigned bodyguards and 24-hour security at her homes, jurors were told.
The Metropolitan Police launched Operation Weeting on 26 January 2011 to investigate evidence of phone hacking at the News of the World, the court has previously heard.The Metropolitan Police launched Operation Weeting on 26 January 2011 to investigate evidence of phone hacking at the News of the World, the court has previously heard.
Mr Hanna, a former soldier, was described by his lawyer in court as "entirely honest... trustworthy".Mr Hanna, a former soldier, was described by his lawyer in court as "entirely honest... trustworthy".
Jane Viner, his then-boss, said she had had concerns about his welfare at the time because of his intense workload. Jane Viner, his then boss, said she had had concerns about his welfare at the time because of his intense workload.
After Mrs Brooks resigned as CEO in July 2011, Mr Hanna spent the whole weekend in the Oxfordshire village of Enstone, where she was holding a series of meetings.
Mrs Brooks had been due to appear before a parliamentary select committee on the following Tuesday but instead was arrested on the Sunday.
That same day, Mr Hanna returned to London in a Range Rover belonging to Mrs Brooks' husband, Charlie, the jury was told.
Mrs Brooks, 45, of Churchill, Oxfordshire, denies further charges of hacking and conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office.Mrs Brooks, 45, of Churchill, Oxfordshire, denies further charges of hacking and conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office.
Mrs Brooks edited the News of the World for three years from 2000, then the Sun for six years. In 2009, she became News International's chief executive. She edited the News of the World for three years from 2000, then the Sun for six years. In 2009, she became News International's chief executive.
Charlie Brooks, also on trial, denies conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Mr Hanna denies conspiracy to pervert the course of justice by concealing computers and documents from the police.
The trial continues.The trial continues.