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News of
the World ex-editor arrested over phone hacking
Friday July 08, 2011 08:53:26 PM,
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London: Former News of
the World editor Andy Coulson was arrested Friday over allegations
of phone hacking and corruption, BBC reported.
The arrest came at a time Prime Minister David Cameron defended
his decision to give Coulson a "second chance" and employ him as
his director of communications - a job he has left.
The premier announced two inquiries - one led by a judge - into
the phone hacking allegations and newspaper ethics.
Coulson, 43, has denied any knowledge of phone hacking while he
was NOTW editor.
Cameron said of Coulson: "I became friends with him and I think he
did his job for me in a very effective way. He became a friend and
he is a friend."
News International said it is shutting down the News of the World
after this Sunday's edition following a spate of fresh
revelations.
The 168-year-old tabloid is accused of hacking into phones of
crime victims, celebrities and politicians. Police have identified
4,000 possible targets.
Cameron said the judge-led inquiry would look into "why did the
first police investigation fail so abysmally; what exactly was
going on at the News of the World, and what was going on at other
newspapers?"
He also questioned the tenability of Rebekah Brooks as News
International chief executive, considering she was editor of the
News of the World at the time Milly Dowler's phone was being
hacked, BBC reported.
In January 2007, the News of the World's royal editor Clive
Goodman and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire were both jailed
for plotting to intercept voicemail messages left for royal aides.
Coulson, who was the paper's editor at the time, said he took
"ultimate responsibility" for the scandal, but he insisted he was
unaware of any phone hacking by his journalists.
He was employed as Cameron's director of communications in 2007
but Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger claims he warned Cameron's
team not to employ Coulson, the BBC said.
Cameron said he did not remember receiving "any specific action or
information about Andy Coulson" but would check with his
officials, it added.
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