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UK phone hacking trial begins

2013-10-28 19 Dailymotion

The press pack ready to report on the trial of some of their own.<br/> <br />Two former editors of the News of the World, Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, arrived at London's Central Criminal Court for the start of one of Britain's most high-profile criminal cases in years.<br/> <br />They're accused of conspiring to illegally access voicemail messages on the mobile phones of politicians, celebrities and crime victims - to get newspaper exclusives.<br/> <br />They deny all the charges.<br/> <br />The phone hacking scandal sent shockwaves through Britain's political establishment and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp empire.<br/> <br />It led him to close the tabloid News of the World.<br/> <br />He later justified his actions before a parliamentary committee.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: RUPERT MURDOCH, MEDIA TYCOON, SAYING (English):<br/> <br />"...I would just like to say one sentence. This is the most humble day of my life."<br/> <br />The phone hacking scandal also revealed the close ties between UK press barons, politicians and police chi

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