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Two mystery cars surveilling Chelsea Harbour, hacking trial learns
A counter-surveillance expert told police that two unidentified cars were watching Chelsea Harbour when Rebekah Brooks was released on 17 July 2011, the hacking trial heard.
22/1/14
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Police claim computers seized not used by Brooks, trial hears
The hacking trial heard that computers seized from Rebekah Brooks's Wapping office did not appear to have been used by her.
22/1/14
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Police searches of Brooks's homes come under scrutiny at hacking trial
Police searches of Rebekah and Charlie Brooks's London and Oxfordshire homes and her Wapping office came under scrutiny at the hacking trial.
21/1/14
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PCC: The ‘resolutions’ that suit newspapers but leave so much unresolved
Tom Rowland examines PCC 'resolutions' such as private letters of apology, including the case of three Basildon GPs wrongly accused by a newspaper.
21/1/14
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Charlie Brooks may have threatened to sue over missing bags, Old Bailey hears
The Old Bailey heard that Charlie Brooks may have threatened to sue after an estates manager refused to hand back bags found in the Chelsea Harbour car park.
20/1/14
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News International security head "burnt stuff" in back garden, trial hears
Robert Hernandez told the Old Bailey that News International security head Mark Hanna said he had 'burnt stuff' in his garden around the time the News of the World closed.
20/1/14
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Pornography in bag allegedly stashed in underground car park, trial hears
The hacking trial heard that a bag allegedly stashed in the Chelsea Harbour car park contained pornography, according to Charlie Brooks's barrister.
15/1/14
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Security boss guarding Rebekah Brooks refers to ‘pizzagate’, trial hears
The hacking trial heard a security contractor refer to an alleged plot to hide evidence from police as 'pizzagate' in a message about a laptop bag found at Brooks's flat complex.
14/1/14
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The PCC is still fudging and not fixing, and the Mail is still the worst offender
Tom Rowland argues the PCC's published 'resolved' complaints show it still fudges rather than fixes, with the Mail the worst offender.
14/1/14
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Potential evidence concealed in "pizza delivery" to Brooks’s flat, jury hears
CCTV shown to the hacking trial allegedly showed the Brooks's hiding evidence in the basement car park of their flat on the day Rebekah Brooks was arrested.
14/1/14
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