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| Coulson denies hearing Sienna Miller message to Daniel Craig | Coulson denies hearing Sienna Miller message to Daniel Craig |
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| Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has denied allegations that he was played a voicemail left on the phone of future James Bond actor Daniel Craig by the actress Sienna Miller. | Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has denied allegations that he was played a voicemail left on the phone of future James Bond actor Daniel Craig by the actress Sienna Miller. |
| Mr Coulson was asked at the Old Bailey about claims earlier in the hacking trial by former reporter Dan Evans. | Mr Coulson was asked at the Old Bailey about claims earlier in the hacking trial by former reporter Dan Evans. |
| He rejected Evans' assertion that he had played the message to him in September 2005. | He rejected Evans' assertion that he had played the message to him in September 2005. |
| Mr Coulson, 46, denies the charges against him. | Mr Coulson, 46, denies the charges against him. |
| Giving evidence for a fourth day, Mr Coulson was asked about evidence given earlier in the trial by the ex-News of the World journalist. | Giving evidence for a fourth day, Mr Coulson was asked about evidence given earlier in the trial by the ex-News of the World journalist. |
| Evans had told the trial that Mr Coulson knew about his hacking activities and had described a taped voicemail from Ms Miller to Mr Craig exposing their alleged affair as "brilliant". | Evans had told the trial that Mr Coulson knew about his hacking activities and had described a taped voicemail from Ms Miller to Mr Craig exposing their alleged affair as "brilliant". |
| Evans, who has admitted conspiracy to hack phones at the Sunday Mirror and the News of the World, said the message led to stories about Ms Miller and Mr Craig, who starred in his first James Bond film a year later. | |
| Timothy Langdale QC, defending Mr Coulson, said: "Dan Evans told the court that in September 2005 there was an occasion when he played to you a voicemail message left on Daniel Craig's telephone by Sienna Miller. Did any such incident take place?" | Timothy Langdale QC, defending Mr Coulson, said: "Dan Evans told the court that in September 2005 there was an occasion when he played to you a voicemail message left on Daniel Craig's telephone by Sienna Miller. Did any such incident take place?" |
| Mr Coulson replied: "No, it did not." | Mr Coulson replied: "No, it did not." |
| The former editor said he was at the Labour party conference in Brighton the day the message was said to have been played to him. | The former editor said he was at the Labour party conference in Brighton the day the message was said to have been played to him. |
| Ms Miller earlier told the trial that Mr Craig was a close friend with whom she had been speaking during a difficult period in her relationship with the actor Jude Law. | |
| 'Stuff with phones' | 'Stuff with phones' |
| Mr Coulson said the News of the World's front page exclusive about Ms Miller and Mr Craig's alleged affair had also come in the same week he was overseeing a serialisation of British boxer Frank Bruno's biography. | Mr Coulson said the News of the World's front page exclusive about Ms Miller and Mr Craig's alleged affair had also come in the same week he was overseeing a serialisation of British boxer Frank Bruno's biography. |
| "It was a long, complicated book serialisation. I remember the publishers insisted on making changes quite late in the day, and I think the lawyers were involved as well. | "It was a long, complicated book serialisation. I remember the publishers insisted on making changes quite late in the day, and I think the lawyers were involved as well. |
| "It took up a lot of my time," he said. | "It took up a lot of my time," he said. |
| Mr Coulson, who became Downing Street director of communications after leaving the newspaper, told the trial he believed information about the alleged affair may have come from Ms Miller's mother. | Mr Coulson, who became Downing Street director of communications after leaving the newspaper, told the trial he believed information about the alleged affair may have come from Ms Miller's mother. |
| "People in and around celebrities - their relatives, their agents, their PRs - will talk to newspapers," he added. | "People in and around celebrities - their relatives, their agents, their PRs - will talk to newspapers," he added. |
| "It certainly happened during my career as a reporter and my career as an editor." | "It certainly happened during my career as a reporter and my career as an editor." |
| He was also asked about further claims made by Evans who told the trial that at a meeting in October 2004, before he joined the News of the World, he told Mr Coulson he could deliver stories using "stuff with phones". | He was also asked about further claims made by Evans who told the trial that at a meeting in October 2004, before he joined the News of the World, he told Mr Coulson he could deliver stories using "stuff with phones". |
| Asked if the subject of phone hacking came up in any way at all during the meeting, Mr Coulson said: "Not that I remember." | Asked if the subject of phone hacking came up in any way at all during the meeting, Mr Coulson said: "Not that I remember." |
| Mr Coulson denies charges of conspiring to hack phones and conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office. | Mr Coulson denies charges of conspiring to hack phones and conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office. |
| Six other defendants in the hacking trial also deny the charges against them. | Six other defendants in the hacking trial also deny the charges against them. |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |