Post date: Jun 22, 2012 1:48:11 PM
The Murdoch media scandal continues to play itself out in Britain.
On Friday the former newspaper executive at the centre of it was in court as the prosecution against her opened.
According to AP she has been granted bail until September as she awaits trial.
LONDON (AP) -- Former Rupert Murdoch executive Rebekah Brooks has been granted bail until September as she awaits trial on charges of attempting to cover up evidence of phone hacking.
Brooks made a brief court appearance in London on Friday. She was bailed until a hearing on Sept. 26 at which she is expected to enter a plea.
Brooks, the former head of Murdoch's British newspaper operation, was charged last month with conspiring to pervert the course of justice, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Prosecutors say she removed boxes of material from the company's archive and tried to conceal documents, computers and other material from police.
That complete story 'Former Murdoch executive Rebekah Brooks in court' can be read here.
According to Reuters:
(Reuters) - Former newspaper executive Rebekah Brooks, the woman at the heart of a scandal shaking Rupert Murdoch's media empire and the British government, appeared in court on Friday at the opening of her prosecution on charges of hiding evidence from police.
Brooks, who is close to Murdoch and was friends with successive British prime ministers, resigned as chief executive of Murdoch's British newspaper group in July 2011 over revelations of phone-hacking by reporters at one of her papers.
The publication of affectionate text messages she used to exchange with Prime Minister David Cameron has caused the government deep embarrassment.
Brooks and five others, including her well-connected husband Charlie and her former personal assistant, were charged in May with perverting the course of justice. They are accused of conspiring to hide boxes of documents and computers from police.
That story is here.