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Phone-hacking trial: Charlie Brooks 'feared porn leak' Phone-hacking trial: Charlie Brooks 'feared porn leak'
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Racehorse trainer Charlie Brooks has told a court he hid pornography from police because he feared embarrassing details would be leaked to the press.Racehorse trainer Charlie Brooks has told a court he hid pornography from police because he feared embarrassing details would be leaked to the press.
Mr Brooks, husband of former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks, said a "lot of stuff" had been leaked to newspapers during the police's phone-hacking investigation.Mr Brooks, husband of former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks, said a "lot of stuff" had been leaked to newspapers during the police's phone-hacking investigation.
He told the Old Bailey the leaks had gone "particularly to the Guardian". He told the Old Bailey he hid the porn DVDs in a jiffy bag behind some bins.
He denies perverting the course of justice by concealing evidence. He denies conspiring to pervert the course of justice by hiding evidence.
Mr Brooks said he took a bag of pornographic DVDs from the London flat he shared with Mrs Brooks and hid it behind some bins. Mrs Brooks and former News International head of security Mark Hanna also deny conspiracy to pervert the course of justice between 5 and 19 July and 2011.
Questioned by his barrister, Neil Saunders QC, he said the DVDs were of "an embarrassing nature".
"I envisaged 20 policemen coming in and emptying every drawer and looking under every nook and cranny, and I did think about my DVDs," he said.
'Bit of smut''Bit of smut'
He said it had been a "Jacqui Smith moment", referring to Jacqui Smith's resignation as home secretary in 2009 after it emerged that she had claimed expenses for a TV service her husband had used to watch pornography. Mr Brooks told the court he hid the DVDs to avoid a "Jacqui Smith moment", referring to the former home secretary's resignation in 2009 after it emerged she claimed expenses for a TV service used by her husband to watch pornography.
"I didn't want to embarrass my wife in the same way," Mr Brooks said. "I didn't want to embarrass my wife in the same way," Mr Brooks said of the incident, in July 2011.
When questioned by his barrister, Neil Saunders QC, he said the DVDs he was hiding were of "an embarrassing nature".
"I envisaged 20 policemen coming in and emptying every drawer and looking under every nook and cranny, and I did think about my DVDs," he said.
He also said he took a Sony Vaio laptop from the flat.He also said he took a Sony Vaio laptop from the flat.
"It had some important book ideas that weren't backed up anywhere else, but it also had a bit of smut on it too," he said."It had some important book ideas that weren't backed up anywhere else, but it also had a bit of smut on it too," he said.
In hiding the items behind the bins, he said never thought about the presence of CCTV cameras. In hiding the items behind the bins, he said he never thought about the presence of CCTV cameras.
The jury has seen pictures from the cameras, showing him returning from the bins empty-handed before the police raid. The jury has seen pictures from the cameras, showing him returning from the bins empty-handed before a police raid.
Officers also raided the couple's Oxfordshire home, and Mr Brooks said he removed two bags from that address because he was expecting the raids in July 2011. Officers also raided the couple's Oxfordshire home, and Mr Brooks said he removed two bags from that address because he was expecting the raids, also in July 2011.
He said he did not want to lose his Apple Mac laptop because it contained a novel he was writing and historical notes he had gathered as part of his research.He said he did not want to lose his Apple Mac laptop because it contained a novel he was writing and historical notes he had gathered as part of his research.
He denied asking members of Mrs Brooks's security team to remove any other items from their Oxfordshire home.He denied asking members of Mrs Brooks's security team to remove any other items from their Oxfordshire home.
Mrs Brooks denies conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, conspiracy to hack phones and conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office.Mrs Brooks denies conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, conspiracy to hack phones and conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office.
Mr and Mrs Brooks are being tried alongside five other defendants over alleged phone hacking by journalists at the News of the World. Mr and Mrs Brooks are being tried alongside five other defendants in relation to alleged phone hacking by journalists at the News of the World.
The trial continues.The trial continues.