Rebekah Brooks charged :)

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Short version here I'll have a dig for more details. Oh happy day! :o

Yes. Charlie and Rebekah will be like the spitting image sketch of John and Norma Major, eating their peas in the peace and quiet.

I'd urge caution to anyone who necessarily thinks that being charged makes a conviction for an offence of this kind inevitable. Harry Redknapp, Ken Dodd, John Turner ( Asil Nadir's accountant) Johannes Skulason ( Recent Icelandic Bank case) were all acused of very serious wrongdoing and on a glance at the newspapers when the prosecution case started you might have thought
they would be certain to be found guilty but if you base your views on this you are not being fair to the defendant, who is probaby going through absolute hell. Please let the proceedings conclude before forming views on guilt.

There is more to come.

at limitedperiodonly

higgle What about the hell the defendant has put many other people through? I appreciate your viewpoint but did she think about that when she allowed her journalists to savage Christopher Jeffreys? I think we can safely say she is responsible for that without speculating on her guilt in this case.

So agree, Dashing. And many others, too. Personally, I just hope it offers her a bit of a chance to feel what she's done unto others. It's karma. Send it out, and eventually you get it back.

Personally I think once the case comes to court, the whole thing will go nuclear. No one will escape the fallout.

So bye bye Call me Dave, Job Centre that way.

The charges:

:: The first charge against Mrs Brooks details that, between July 6 and 19 last year, she conspired with her husband, Ms Carter, Mr Hanna, Mr Edwards, Mr Jorsling and "persons unknown" to conceal material from officers.

:: Mrs Brooks and Ms Carter are also said to have "conspired together permanently" between July 6 and 9 last year to remove seven boxes of material from the NI archive.

:: Mrs Brooks, Mr Brooks, Mr Hanna, Mr Edwards and Mr Jorsling are all named on the third indictment, accused of conspiring together between July 15 and 19 of the same year to "conceal documents, computers and other electronic equipment".

If guilty, the sentence:

The Crown prosecution Service (CPS) sentencing guidelines for perversion of justice recommends a minimum sentences of four months and maximum sentences of one to two years per incident. Specific perjury and witness intimidation statutes permit longer sentences and in theory the offence of perverting the course of justice can carry a penalty of life imprisonment. However there have not been any sentences above 10 years that have been passed in the last century for this offence.

Technically, it was "conspired together" "permanently to remove" (rather than "conspired together permanently").

But yes.

Strange how it seems always to be those who care little about the rights and privacy of others who demand such rights and privacy for themselves.

I dunno what she did

or is supposed to have done

I do hate all this pitchfork waving though.

You cannot possibly use the 'pitchfork' comment if you don't know the case as she is a pitch forker extraordinaire

Now, now noddy as she said to Leveson only last week, she couldn't possibly be expected to know that the lynch mob who read her paper didn't know the difference between a paediatrician and a paedophile.

Flighty the CPS charges are 3 posts above your own. That is what she is being accused of.

The hacking investigation is quite significant & should be seen as such by anyone who values their own privacy. Just imagine for one awful moment one of your children was Milly Dowler & journalists were hacking into her voicemail. That is a pretty dire state of affairs to have reached just to sell newspapers.

I don't consider myself a pitch fork waver but I do sincerely hope that justice is done.

higgle; I certainly agree that being charged is not being convicted. However, I do know for a fact that RB is guilty many, many times over of invading people's privacy and printing such awful headlines and intrusive shite that it led to people having breakdowns and all sorts.

Maybe someone can link to the delightful Frank Bruno headline she oversaw when she was editor of the Sun as just one of many illustrations of how she is basically a disgusting vulture.

IMO she still has very powerful frightened friends and knows a lot of secrets. I will be VERY surprised if she is convicted and if she is I would imagine she will receive a minimal sentence.

I believe it was 'Bonkers Bruno locked up' when the poor man had been sectioned following long periods of mental illness.

That makes her a see you en tee of the very highest order IMO.

akaemmafrost I love a conspiracy theory as much as the next woman but this is a little out of the hands of her powerful friends now. I notice that Dave hasn't come out with a message of support either.

has the fragrant Mr Murdoch come out in support of her?

agree donnie. Lord, do I agree!

I agree three, donnie.

Dave might have sent her a text message wishing her luck. Signed lol of course.

I'm just listening to Radio 4 and RB is poised to make a statement...live....am listening out for it!

at MarySA.

I really don't think we're waving pitchforks if we want justice.

Guardian article on Bonkers Bruno Sun story