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Ex-NoW news editor Ian Edmondson admits phone hacking Ex-NoW news editor Ian Edmondson admits phone hacking
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Former News of the World news editor Ian Edmondson has admitted plotting to hack phones while at the paper.Former News of the World news editor Ian Edmondson has admitted plotting to hack phones while at the paper.
Edmondson, 45, is the eighth person to be convicted of phone hacking at the now-defunct Sunday tabloid.Edmondson, 45, is the eighth person to be convicted of phone hacking at the now-defunct Sunday tabloid.
He is likely to receive a custodial sentence after pleading guilty at the Old Bailey, the BBC understands. He is likely to receive a custodial sentence after pleading guilty at the Old Bailey, the judge warned.
Edmondson illegally intercepted the voicemails of two home secretaries, Sir Paul McCartney and actors Jude Law and Sienna Miller. Edmondson illegally intercepted the voicemails of two home secretaries, along with Sir Paul McCartney and actors Jude Law and Sienna Miller.
He had been in the dock at the start of the eight-month trial which ended with his former boss Andy Coulson being jailed for 18 months in July.He had been in the dock at the start of the eight-month trial which ended with his former boss Andy Coulson being jailed for 18 months in July.
Edmondson was excused from the trial due in December last year because of ill health. Edmondson, Raynes Park, south-west London, has now admitted conspiring with colleagues and private detective Glenn Mulcaire to intercept private voicemails between 3 October 2000 and 9 August 2006.
A hearing in July established that he was fit to continue.
Edmondson has now admitted conspiring with colleagues and private detective Glenn Mulcaire to intercept private voicemails between October 3, 2000 and August 9, 2006.
'Do his phone''Do his phone'
Edmondson had worked at the News of the World in the 1990s and rejoined in 2004, being promoted to news editor a year later.Edmondson had worked at the News of the World in the 1990s and rejoined in 2004, being promoted to news editor a year later.
Phone hacking then increased to what has been described as an "industrial scale".Phone hacking then increased to what has been described as an "industrial scale".
In 2010 he was suspended when emails emerged implicating him in phone hacking, and he was sacked in 2011.In 2010 he was suspended when emails emerged implicating him in phone hacking, and he was sacked in 2011.
Those emails, between Edmondson and Mulcaire, contained the mobile numbers, voicemail numbers and PIN codes for former culture secretary Tessa Jowell, Lord Freddie Windsor and an aide to then-deputy prime minister John Prescott.
The court has heard Edmondson tasked Mulcaire with hacking some 344 times.The court has heard Edmondson tasked Mulcaire with hacking some 344 times.
In 2006, Edmondson received received an email from Coulson which read "do his phone" - evidence of an attempt to hack the phone of celebrity Calum Best, the hacking trial heard. In 2006, Edmondson received an email from Coulson which read "do his phone" - evidence of an attempt to hack the phone of celebrity Calum Best, the hacking trial heard.
It also emerged during the trial that Edmondson had hacked the voicemails of Coulson and former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks. It also emerged during the trial that Edmondson had hacked the voicemails of Coulson and former NoW editor Rebekah Brooks.
At the end of the trial, Mrs Brooks was found not guilty of conspiracy to hack voicemails, two counts of conspiracy to pay public officials and two counts of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
Her husband, Charlie Brooks, Mrs Brooks' former personal assistant Cheryl Carter, and News International's former head of security Mark Hanna were also cleared of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
Former NoW managing editor Stuart Kuttner was found not guilty of conspiracy to hack phones.