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| Rebekah Brooks 'did not know hacking was illegal' | Rebekah Brooks 'did not know hacking was illegal' |
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| Rebekah Brooks has told the phone-hacking trial she did not realise the practice was illegal when she was editor of the News of the World | Rebekah Brooks has told the phone-hacking trial she did not realise the practice was illegal when she was editor of the News of the World |
| Mrs Brooks said she "didn't think anybody, me included, knew it was illegal". | Mrs Brooks said she "didn't think anybody, me included, knew it was illegal". |
| She told the Old Bailey she felt "shock and horror" after she discovered murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler's phone had been hacked. | She told the Old Bailey she felt "shock and horror" after she discovered murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler's phone had been hacked. |
| Mrs Brooks, one of seven defendants on trial, denies four charges. | Mrs Brooks, one of seven defendants on trial, denies four charges. |
| Asked was she ever asked to sanction the accessing of voicemails for a story during her time as editor of the newspaper, Mrs Brooks replied: "No." | Asked was she ever asked to sanction the accessing of voicemails for a story during her time as editor of the newspaper, Mrs Brooks replied: "No." |
| She said: "No journalist ever came to me and said we're working on so and so a story but we need to access their voicemail and we need to ask for my sanction to do it. | She said: "No journalist ever came to me and said we're working on so and so a story but we need to access their voicemail and we need to ask for my sanction to do it. |
| "Even though I didn't know it was illegal, I absolutely felt it was in the category of a serious breach of privacy." | "Even though I didn't know it was illegal, I absolutely felt it was in the category of a serious breach of privacy." |
| Mrs Brooks denies conspiring to hack phones, conspiring to commit misconduct in public office, and conspiring to cover up evidence to pervert the course of justice. | Mrs Brooks denies conspiring to hack phones, conspiring to commit misconduct in public office, and conspiring to cover up evidence to pervert the course of justice. |
| Mrs Brooks said she knew nothing about the tasking of the convicted phone hacker Glenn Mulcaire to access 13-year-old Milly's voicemails in 2002. | Mrs Brooks said she knew nothing about the tasking of the convicted phone hacker Glenn Mulcaire to access 13-year-old Milly's voicemails in 2002. |
| She told the court she only became aware Milly's phone had been hacked on 4 July 2011. | She told the court she only became aware Milly's phone had been hacked on 4 July 2011. |
| The NoW was closed later that month following the revelations. | The NoW was closed later that month following the revelations. |
| Asked about her reaction to hearing the schoolgirl's phone had been targeted, the 45-year-old said: "Shock, horror, everything. I just think anyone would think that that was pretty abhorrent, so my reaction was that." | Asked about her reaction to hearing the schoolgirl's phone had been targeted, the 45-year-old said: "Shock, horror, everything. I just think anyone would think that that was pretty abhorrent, so my reaction was that." |
| The court heard Milly's mobile phone was hacked between 10 and 12 April, when Mrs Brooks was on holiday in Dubai with her former husband, Ross Kemp. | |
| Mr Laidlaw asked the former editor: "Was that ever brought to your attention at any point, firstly during your holiday in Dubai?" | Mr Laidlaw asked the former editor: "Was that ever brought to your attention at any point, firstly during your holiday in Dubai?" |
| "Absolutely not," Brooks said. | "Absolutely not," Brooks said. |
| "Or thereafter?" Mr Laidlaw asked, to which she replied "No". | "Or thereafter?" Mr Laidlaw asked, to which she replied "No". |
| When asked if it was brought to her attention before 4 July 2011 she again replied "No." | When asked if it was brought to her attention before 4 July 2011 she again replied "No." |
| Mr Laidlaw also questioned whether she would have sanctioned phone hacking if there had been a strong public interest. | Mr Laidlaw also questioned whether she would have sanctioned phone hacking if there had been a strong public interest. |
| Mr Brooks said she "may have done" but said the question was "hypothetical, because no-one ever asked me". | Mr Brooks said she "may have done" but said the question was "hypothetical, because no-one ever asked me". |
| 'Pretty normal' | 'Pretty normal' |
| The court has also heard details of a contract which agreed to pay convicted phone hacker Mulcaire £1,769 a week, or £92,000 a year, to supply information. | The court has also heard details of a contract which agreed to pay convicted phone hacker Mulcaire £1,769 a week, or £92,000 a year, to supply information. |
| Asked if she had seen the contract, Mrs Brooks told the Old Bailey: "No, I didn't." | Asked if she had seen the contract, Mrs Brooks told the Old Bailey: "No, I didn't." |
| Asked by her barrister, Jonathan Laidlaw QC, whether her attention was ever drawn to the contract, which started on September 1, 2001, she said: "Not at the time, no." | Asked by her barrister, Jonathan Laidlaw QC, whether her attention was ever drawn to the contract, which started on September 1, 2001, she said: "Not at the time, no." |
| Pressed on what she meant by "at the time", she added: "During my editorship." | Pressed on what she meant by "at the time", she added: "During my editorship." |
| Mulcaire was jailed in 2007, along with the News of the World's then-royal editor, Clive Goodman, after admitting intercepting voicemails. | Mulcaire was jailed in 2007, along with the News of the World's then-royal editor, Clive Goodman, after admitting intercepting voicemails. |
| Mrs Brooks said the NoW used "a lot" of investigators during the late 1990s and early 2000s, adding that it was "pretty normal" in Fleet Street. | Mrs Brooks said the NoW used "a lot" of investigators during the late 1990s and early 2000s, adding that it was "pretty normal" in Fleet Street. |
| She said investigators did the "leg work" for journalists, citing an example when the newspaper traced convicted paedophiles living in the community. | She said investigators did the "leg work" for journalists, citing an example when the newspaper traced convicted paedophiles living in the community. |
| She said Mulcaire's payments wouldn't usually have gone to her unless department heads were going over their budgets. | She said Mulcaire's payments wouldn't usually have gone to her unless department heads were going over their budgets. |
| Mrs Brooks also denied seeing an internal email asking for a payment to Mulcaire in return for information on the killers of Jamie Bulger. | Mrs Brooks also denied seeing an internal email asking for a payment to Mulcaire in return for information on the killers of Jamie Bulger. |
| "I never heard his name before he was arrested - I never heard the name of Glenn Mulcaire," she said. | "I never heard his name before he was arrested - I never heard the name of Glenn Mulcaire," she said. |
| All seven defendants deny the various charges against them. | All seven defendants deny the various charges against them. |