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Phone-hacking trial: Rebekah Brooks ‘treated sensitively by police’

Posted May 13th, 2014
Phone-hacking trial: Rebekah Brooks ‘treated sensitively by police’

Police treated the former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks with sensitivity prior to arresting her, the phone-hacking trial heard.

Closing the prosecution's case, Andrew Edis QC stated that Mrs Brooks was sent a notice and had time to spend a full day with her attorney before being arrested in 2011.

The former News International CEO was able to make arrangements for items to be hidden, said Mr Edis.

She denied four charges associated with phone hacking at the former tabloid. Mrs Brooks is one of the seven defendants who deny allegations related to phone hacking during the trial.

On the second day of his closing speech, Mr Edis said that Mrs Brooks had already been told she would be interrogated and was offered a choice of police stations.

Before leaving, she spent a full day with her lawyers, then went to a police station where she was arrested.

Mr Edis told the jury that such arrangements do not normally occur for most suspects, who are caught in a raid and then handled by the duty lawyer at the police station.

All seven defendants deny the charges. Let us see what happens at the next hearing.