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Phone-hacking trial: Coulson 'did not cover anything up' Phone-hacking trial: Coulson 'did not cover anything up'
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Ex-News of the World chief Andy Coulson has said he did not "cover anything up" following the arrest of the paper's royal editor Clive Goodman in 2006.Ex-News of the World chief Andy Coulson has said he did not "cover anything up" following the arrest of the paper's royal editor Clive Goodman in 2006.
In his fifth day giving evidence, Mr Coulson told the phone-hacking trial he did not "volunteer information" to police after the arrest.In his fifth day giving evidence, Mr Coulson told the phone-hacking trial he did not "volunteer information" to police after the arrest.
This was because he had not wanted to make the situation "worse", he said.This was because he had not wanted to make the situation "worse", he said.
Mr Coulson denies conspiring to hack phones as well as conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office.Mr Coulson denies conspiring to hack phones as well as conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office.
Asked by his lawyer Timothy Langdale QC if he thought he should have taken action in the days after the arrest of Mr Goodman and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire for phone hacking, Mr Coulson said: "I took the view that the police would go where the police would go.Asked by his lawyer Timothy Langdale QC if he thought he should have taken action in the days after the arrest of Mr Goodman and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire for phone hacking, Mr Coulson said: "I took the view that the police would go where the police would go.
"I did not set out to volunteer information as well. I did not want to make the situation worse, but I did not cover anything up.""I did not set out to volunteer information as well. I did not want to make the situation worse, but I did not cover anything up."
'Readers' trust''Readers' trust'
During his evidence, Mr Coulson also said he had been tasked to call Rupert Murdoch, the CEO of News Corporation which owned the NoW, to inform him of Mr Goodman's arrest.During his evidence, Mr Coulson also said he had been tasked to call Rupert Murdoch, the CEO of News Corporation which owned the NoW, to inform him of Mr Goodman's arrest.
He said: "I had a very brief conversation with him.He said: "I had a very brief conversation with him.
"He was concerned. He said the most valuable thing that a newspaper has is the trust of its readers and that stuck in my mind.""He was concerned. He said the most valuable thing that a newspaper has is the trust of its readers and that stuck in my mind."
Mr Coulson, 46, was also asked if he had made any inquiries about the source of hacked voicemails, left by former Home Secretary David Blunkett, that had been played to him two years before Mr Goodman's arrest.
The voicemails, which were played to him by News of the World reporter Neville Thurlbeck, had been hacked and recorded by Mr Mulcaire, who was being paid more than £100,000 a year by the paper through his company Nine Consultancy.
"I asked if Nine [Consultancy] had been involved in the Blunkett story in any way, and the answer was no. I can't say who I specifically asked," Mr Coulson said.
Mr Coulson is one of seven defendants in the hacking trial who all deny the charges against them.Mr Coulson is one of seven defendants in the hacking trial who all deny the charges against them.