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Ex-NoW news editor Ian Edmondson admits phone hacking Ex-NoW news editor Ian Edmondson admits phone hacking charges
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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 in relation to phone hacking at the now-defunct tabloid.
He is likely to receive a custodial sentence after pleading guilty at the Old Bailey, the judge warned. The judge at the Old Bailey warned Edmondson he was likely to receive a custodial sentence.
Edmondson illegally intercepted the voicemails of two home secretaries, along with Sir Paul McCartney and actors Jude Law and Sienna Miller. Edmondson's victims included 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 for the start of the eight-month trial which ended with his former boss Andy Coulson being jailed for 18 months in July.
Edmondson, of 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. But he was excused after 29 days due to ill health.
'Do his phone' On Friday, Edmondson, of Raynes Park, south-west London, admitted conspiring with colleagues and private detective Glenn Mulcaire to intercept private voicemails between 3 October 2000 and 9 August 2006.
Mr Justice Saunders remanded Edmondson on conditional bail but warned him "not to read anything into that".
'Aggressive culture'
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". 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. The three emails, handed to the Metropolitan Police by News International, triggered the phone hacking investigation, Operation Weeting.
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 emails, between Edmondson and Mulcaire, contained the mobile numbers, voicemail numbers and mobile phone pin numbers for former culture secretary Tessa Jowell, an aide to the then deputy prime minister John Prescott and Lord Freddie Windsor.
The court has heard Edmondson tasked Mulcaire with hacking some 344 times. During Friday's hearing, prosecutor Mark Bryant-Heron QC outlined how Edmondson had become involved in "systematic phone hacking".
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. "There was an aggressive news-gathering culture. The ends seemed to justify the means to get the story in an extremely competitive market," he said.
The court heard Edmondson tasked Mulcaire with hacking some 334 times.
Phone records show that between July 2005 and August 2006 there were 900 calls and texts between Mulcaire and Edmondson, demonstrating their "close working relationship", Mr Bryant-Heron said.
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 phone hacking trial had heard.
It also emerged during the trial that Edmondson had hacked the voicemails of Coulson and former NoW 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. 'Direct instruction'
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. Defending Edmondson, Sallie Bennett-Jenkins QC said her client was working "under the direct instruction from senior executives to use Mulcaire".
In July, Coulson was found guilty of the hacking plot, while 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.
Former NoW managing editor Stuart Kuttner was found not guilty of conspiracy to hack phones.Former NoW managing editor Stuart Kuttner was found not guilty of conspiracy to hack phones.
Mulcaire, who had previously admitted to his role in plotting to intercept voicemails, was sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for 12 months, plus 200 hours unpaid community work.
He had already served a sentence in 2006 when he was first convicted of phone hacking with ex-royal editor Clive Goodman.