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| Phone hacking trial: Andy Coulson begins evidence | Phone hacking trial: Andy Coulson begins evidence |
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| Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has begun giving evidence in the phone-hacking trial. | Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has begun giving evidence in the phone-hacking trial. |
| Mr Coulson, who later became Downing Street's director of communications, is the last of seven defendants - who deny all charges against them - to take to the witness box. | Mr Coulson, who later became Downing Street's director of communications, is the last of seven defendants - who deny all charges against them - to take to the witness box. |
| The 46-year-old denies conspiracy to hack phones and conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office. | The 46-year-old denies conspiracy to hack phones and conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office. |
| He started by telling the Old Bailey jury about his career in journalism. | |
| Mr Coulson, of Charing, Kent, was editor of the News of the World from 2003 to 2007, having previously been co-defendant Rebekah Brooks's deputy. | |
| He was in charge of the newspaper in 2002, when murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler's phone was hacked, as Mrs Brooks was on holiday, the court has heard. | |
| Mr Coulson, a father-of-three, resigned from the News of the World following the conviction of the tabloid's former royal editor Clive Goodman and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire for phone hacking. | |
| He then became director of communications and planning for the Conservative Party. Following the 2010 general election he became Prime Minister David Cameron's director of communications. | |
| He resigned from that position in January 2011 and was arrested in connection with phone hacking in July that year, before being charged in July 2012. | |
| Mr Coulson denies one count of conspiring with Mrs Brooks, former News of the World managing editor Stuart Kuttner and others to hack phones between 2000 and 2006. | |
| He also denies two counts of conspiring with Goodman and others to commit misconduct in a public office. |