Rebekah Brooks charged :)

[NicholasTeakozy]

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

Is it illegal to pay the police for information?

Oh, let's not forget failing to refer the bid to Ofcom as well. And dear Boris Johnson, who likes to pose as the 'nice' Tory, had his sidekick in charge of the Met putting pressure on the cops to drop the inquiry into phone hacking.

Yes.

Rebekah told MPs the Sun had paid police officers for info several years ago - at a select committee hearing (there's video evidence of this). At the time, News International was far too powerful for MPs or the police to actually do anything about this confession to a crime, of course.

i think the brooks' statements were poor form from both of them, especially the "think of the little people" plea. I doubt very much that her staff (who are all senior and have worked with her for a long time) could have been arm-twisted into anything by her, and if they were, then they would have known exactly what they were doing and what may happen if they did commit a criminal act and were caught.

I hate the "she'll never get a fair trial" line as well. it's tosh and the newspapers who are reporting are being extremely careful not to be prejudicial in their reporting (something Ms Brooks never afforded to anyone she chose to slate prior to any trial taking place).

The fact that she and her husband are getting such a pasting from joe-public has nothing to do with the actual evidence and matters relating to these charges, but much more to do with her immoral conduct whilst in the employ of Murdoch and the immorality of the red tops.

edam that's the way my thoughts were drifting.

Karma

Percy - after due judicial process, of course. Perhaps the old-fashioned type, where they throw you in the water, and if you float you are guilty (she denied going swimming with Rupert...).

Poor ickle Rebekah. Everybody is being so mean to her.

normally I am a compassionate and caring sort of person but I really did feel glad when I watched the news last night and saw the clip of Rebekah Brooks being chased and doorstepped by swathes of telephoto lens wielding journalists. DH and I felt it to be a nice little taste of her own medicine.
BTW Bornsicky I agree with everything in your 20:14 posting last night.

I'm surprised that they use the word 'sideshow', it might just remind us all again about those mean people saying that Rebekah looks like 'Sideshow Bob'

Yeh poor old Ross Kemp with his prime time, own series in Sky 1. He didn't go too far did he?

Has anyone ever actually had dealings with the woman ? I cant help but feel a teeny bit sorry for her as i do think there is a sniff of 'witchhunt' about the reporting surrounding her and the case . Plus she is a high profile woman and there does always seem to be an element of barely hidden misogyny when people in her posistion take a tumble . Or am i being too nice ?

Perhaps think of all the people her papers have hounded eh? Think of all the lies written. Think of Milly Dowler's parents. Think of the fact that she walked all over people's lives in pursuit of her career

I also had a chink of doubt and pity (because I'm easily taken in) listening to her and then thought of all the above

It's not misogyny here. I'd feel the same whatever sex. I do suspect that there are many others (male & female) involved and as corrupt. It will be interesting to watch the fall out. As I said upthread...karma

frumpet - the CPS have charged her with THREE counts. Four men have also been charged. Where is the witchhunt? Misogyny? Anyone who has been following this for the past year, with all it's twists and turns and denials can't help feeling a teeny bit pleased that the big fish is wriggling on a hook.

Yes, frumpet, you are being too nice.

She has been charged with a serious crime along with another woman and four men. Where is the misogyny there?

I had daily dealings with her for three years.
Don't feel sorry for her.

I'm still hoping Ross Kemp will verify Chris Bryant's account of what she said to him at a party, which she denies; \link{http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/may/11/chris-bryant-rebekah-brooks-comment\because RK's response was superb!}

yeah, shame that was skipped over when she was at Levenson. I liked Robert Jay's technique though - kept dropping in all the tittle tattle like that and vanity fair until she brushed them off as being "gossipy". Oh the irony!

I don't warm to Robert Jay - find him quite snidey and sneering.

I don't think her treatment is anything other than how she treated people for years. I'm really looking forward to finding out the contents of the documents and computers found in that bin. The trial, and her defence are going to be fascinating.

I think he gets a bit snidey when they give him some lip. He was fine with Brooks until she said 'you need better sources'. Then you could tell he ratcheted it up a notch. I like him.