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| Rebekah Brooks's former PA 'wouldn't commit crime for her' | |
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| Rebekah Brooks's former assistant, Cheryl Carter, has told the phone-hacking trial she would never commit a crime for her ex-boss. | Rebekah Brooks's former assistant, Cheryl Carter, has told the phone-hacking trial she would never commit a crime for her ex-boss. |
| Questioned by her barrister, Mrs Carter denied she would do "whatever she asked", adding Mrs Brooks had never asked her to commit a crime. | Questioned by her barrister, Mrs Carter denied she would do "whatever she asked", adding Mrs Brooks had never asked her to commit a crime. |
| Mrs Carter is accused of retrieving boxes of notebooks belonging to Mrs Brooks and destroying them in an effort to pervert the course of justice. | Mrs Carter is accused of retrieving boxes of notebooks belonging to Mrs Brooks and destroying them in an effort to pervert the course of justice. |
| Both women deny the charge. | Both women deny the charge. |
| Mrs Carter worked for 16 years as personal assistant to Mrs Brooks, who was editor of the News of the World then the Sun, and then chief executive of News International, which owns the newspapers. | Mrs Carter worked for 16 years as personal assistant to Mrs Brooks, who was editor of the News of the World then the Sun, and then chief executive of News International, which owns the newspapers. |
| 'Shouldn't worry' | 'Shouldn't worry' |
| Mrs Carter was asked by her counsel, Trevor Burke QC, about her relationship with Mrs Brooks. | Mrs Carter was asked by her counsel, Trevor Burke QC, about her relationship with Mrs Brooks. |
| He said: "Would you do whatever she asked?" | He said: "Would you do whatever she asked?" |
| "No," replied Mrs Carter. | "No," replied Mrs Carter. |
| Asked whether she would ever break the law for her former employer, she answered: "No I would not commit a crime for Rebekah Brooks." | Asked whether she would ever break the law for her former employer, she answered: "No I would not commit a crime for Rebekah Brooks." |
| Mr Burke then asked her: "Has she ever asked you to?" | Mr Burke then asked her: "Has she ever asked you to?" |
| "No, she hasn't," was the reply. | "No, she hasn't," was the reply. |
| Mrs Carter was also asked about the events of the day that she picked up the seven boxes of notebooks from the News International archivist. | Mrs Carter was also asked about the events of the day that she picked up the seven boxes of notebooks from the News International archivist. |
| On the day after the closure of the News of the World had been announced, Mrs Carter had asked her son and a colleague's husband to help with the removal. | On the day after the closure of the News of the World had been announced, Mrs Carter had asked her son and a colleague's husband to help with the removal. |
| Asked by her counsel if, when she called her son to ask for help, she was aware she might be getting him involved in a criminal conspiracy, she replied: "I would never get my son involved in a criminal conspiracy, that is simply not true." | Asked by her counsel if, when she called her son to ask for help, she was aware she might be getting him involved in a criminal conspiracy, she replied: "I would never get my son involved in a criminal conspiracy, that is simply not true." |
| Cheryl Carter, who was at times very emotional in giving her evidence, described how police investigating the disappearance of the seven boxes searched her home in Essex. | Cheryl Carter, who was at times very emotional in giving her evidence, described how police investigating the disappearance of the seven boxes searched her home in Essex. |
| She was asked by her lawyer if she had phoned Mrs Brooks at the time. "Yes," she replied, "I told her the police had been and asked about some archive boxes but she shouldn't worry because it was my stuff." | She was asked by her lawyer if she had phoned Mrs Brooks at the time. "Yes," she replied, "I told her the police had been and asked about some archive boxes but she shouldn't worry because it was my stuff." |
| Mrs Carter is one of seven people on trial in connection with the phone-hacking affair, which led to the NoW's closure in 2011. | Mrs Carter is one of seven people on trial in connection with the phone-hacking affair, which led to the NoW's closure in 2011. |
| All seven defendants deny the various charges. | All seven defendants deny the various charges. |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |