LONDON (AP) — The former chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s News International today denied all charges against her related to phone hacking.
Rebekah Brooks answered “not guilty” in a firm voice at a court hearing at London’s Southwark Crown Court, where she appeared along with a dozen others, mostly former News International employees, facing similar charges over the scandal that rocked Britain’s establishment.
Also in the dock were Brooks’s husband, Charlie, and former News of the World royal reporter Clive Goodman, who like Brooks entered pleas of “not guilty” and also will face criminal trials.
Brooks is accused along with others of intercepting voicemail messages, conspiracy to commit misconduct involving public officials and obstructing a police investigation by withholding evidence.
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