Phone-hacking trial adjourned as Clive Goodman falls ill

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The phone-hacking trial was adjourned on Friday after former News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman was taken ill as he was about to enter the witness box for a fifth day.

Goodman arrived at the Old Bailey to be cross-examined for a second day by former News of the World editor Andy Coulson's defence barrister, but shortly before 11am the judge sent the jury home telling them Goodman had been feeling unwell and was seen by the court's matron and sent by ambulance to hospital for a check up.

Mr Justice Saunders told them they should expect the trial to resume on Monday, subject to further medical checks.

The court has heard that Goodman pleaded guilty to phone hacking in 2006 with private investigator Glenn Mulcaire.

He now faces charges of conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office, which he denies.

Giving evidence earlier this week, he said Coulson and others at the defunct Sunday newspaper knew about hacking, and that it was going on on an "industrial scale".

Coulson and all the other defendants in the case deny the charges against them.

The trial will resume at noon on Monday when Goodman is expected to continue giving evidence under cross-examination.