Eight Charged in Murdoch Hacking Case

The New York Times reports that eight people are facing criminal charges in the News of the World Hacking case, including two former editors. These are among the first criminal charges brought in the case that included hacking the phones of younger members of the royal family.

From the article:

LONDON — After a year of furious controversy over the widespread phone hacking by one of Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid newspapers, British prosecutors brought criminal charges on Tuesday against eight of the most prominent figures in the scandal, including Andy Coulson, who was Prime Minister David Cameron’s communications chief at 10 Downing Street until the scandal forced his resignation last year.

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