Andy Coulson and Clive Goodman will face a re-trial over allegations that that they bought royal telephone directories from police officers in order to hack the voicemail of members of the royal family.
Andy Coulson has been found guilty of phone hacking and his former boss, Prime Minister David Cameron, has been quick to apologise for “giving him a second chance” by employing the former News of the World editor after two of his employees were jailed for phone hacking in 2006.
Prime Minister David Cameron has apologised for appointing Andy Coulson as his director of communications.
Andy Coulson, the former editor of the News of the World newspaper who rose to be David Cameron’s head of communications, has been found guilty of conspiracy to hack mobile phones. His former colleague, Rebekah Brooks, walked free from the Old Bailey after the jury found her not guilty on all counts.
Kate Middleton’s phone was hacked 155 times by former News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman, a court has heard.