Rebekah Brooks Trial

[FrankelInFoal]

I'm no fan of Rebekah Brooks but having watched the news reporting from court today I'm finding myself feeling incredibly sorry for her.

Apparently today she was questioned about her fertility issues. I mean what the hell does that have to do with phone hacking? According to the report I watched she was asked about her problems conceiving with Ross Kemp which prompted her to ask for a break in proceedings and she left the room in tears. Later she was questioned about the surrogacy that she and her current husband had gone through to get their daughter.

Seriously, how is that relevant/appropriate?! If she was a man I sincerely doubt she'd have been asked about such a private matter.

The idea that anybody should feel sympathy towards her is quite risible. She will do whatever is best for her. Why on earth would she change the habits of a lifetime.

I haven't got one slight bit of sympathy for her.

Wasn't she arrested for domestic abuse?

Private Eye predicted that she would have a baby through pregnancy or adoption about a year before the baby was born through surrogacy. They seemed convinced that it was a cynical move and I think they're probably right.

Totally agree with others on here who say she has a totally different moral compass to most people. The marriage breakdown and fertility issues were only brought up to garner sympathy. So cheap and cynical.

The questioning of Rebekah Brookes about her fertility treatment was a cynical ploy on behalf of her Defence team to win sympathy for her, most importantly in the minds of the jury. The dreadful thing is , these sort of things work; we don't realise how gullible we are.

Using your failed IVF to gain sympathy and try and sound more vulnerable so you appear less of a master manipulator? So sick I can't begin to describe my disgust and her and the insects that are bankrolling her defense.

Not guilty!

Just utterly incompetent, then.

Glad Andy Coulson has been found guilty but not happy she and her husband walk free.

Not guilty of what specifically?
Cleared of all charges? Seriously?

Yep, not guilty on all counts.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jun/24/andy-coulson-rebekah-brooks-phone-hacking-trial

My friend who used to work with her said she'd charm the jury and it obviously worked.

Idiots

this is a good result.
Of course she's innocent. Shouldn't have gone to trial.

Yes, there truly are numpties everywhere.

are you just assuming the jury are a bunch of brainless morons who haven't analysed every detail? Do you have more information than the jury? Do you know something they don't? If not, you're not really allowed an opinion.

No, I was agreeing that you're a numpty.

squoosh, when you resort to cheap shots, you've lost the argument :)

Does anyone know the assistants defence for taking RBs notebooks from the archives and destroying them? I can't believe she was found not guilty of it!

As I've just said on another thread (on Chat), I'm staggered by the verdict.

What about all that dodgy stuff, when people were hiding laptops in car parks, it's all on video for Pete's sake.

What did the jury think they were doing?

I dislike Andy Coulson, but he's clearly been made the whipping boy here.

That's what a shit hot lawyer can do for you. Trevor Burke QC has one of the best success rates in the profession

A cliché and a pass agg smiley. You're really knocking them out of the park today.

I would be willing to guess that a lot of people who followed this trial will be unhappy if not wholly unsurprised at this verdict.

Oh Tess I'd forgotten about the video of Charlie hiding the laptop. Wtf!!

Used her not inconsiderable feminine charms to full effect I reckon.

On what basis are the jury idiots? That's pretty harsh, considering they've sat there day in and day out listening to the evidence, we haven't.

The woman admitted to paying police officers for information, but yeah, definitely not guilty.