News

News

Coulson to face court in June judge decides

22/01/2015

A judge at London's Old Bailey has ruled that former News of the World editor Andy Coulson should face a jury in June over charges of conspiring to pay police officers for telephone directories of the Royal household.The former editor, who later became Prime Minister David Cameron's director of communications, was not in court to hear the ruling. He is believed to be serving a period of home detention after being released on parole from his 18 month prison sentence for phone hacking. As well as this trial Coulson also faces legal proceedings in Scotland after being charged with perjury over testimony he gave at the trial of left-wing politician and former MSP Tommy Sheridan.Also appearing in June will be the ex-Royal editor of the News of the World Clive Goodman.Additionally as well as this case the Spring will also see the trial of Coulson's former deputy editor at the News of the World, Neil Wallis, who is charged with conspiracy to illegally intercept voicemail communications. At a hearing last winter his co-defendant, the ex-features editor of the now defunct tabloid, Jules Stenson, pleaded guilty to the same offence making him the eighth News of the World journalist to admit to phone hacking.Coulson, Wallis and Goodman all plead not guilty to the charges against them.

Download the full report:

Download report

Queries: campaign@hackinginquiry.org

related Posts

Notes from the Campaign Trail: August 2026 Update
Personal reflections from Jacqui Hames on a period of political upheaval — and hope for the new Prime Minister
8/1/26
News
Mandy Garner to Andy Burnham: We Deserve Better
In an open letter to Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Mandy Garner asks him to turn his warnings about a 'dangerous' lack of accountability into action — on the press, the justice system and public inquiries.
7/24/26
News
'What I Experienced Was Pure Evil': Why Tulisa Is Launching the 'Fix the Press' Campaign
Hacked Off backs Tulisa Contostavlos as she launches her 'Fix the Press' campaign and petition for independent press regulation.
7/22/26
News
Jacqui Hames: The Mail has not been exonerated. Evidence of unlawful behavior remains, and the need for Leveson 2 is as strong as ever.
To people like Paul Dacre, and his colleagues at the Daily Mail and The Telegraph, press freedom means the freedom to publish falsehoods, disinformation and private information about anyone whose lives, they believe, will titillate their readers and sell them more newspapers.
7/8/26
News