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Former features editor of the News of the World pleads guilty to conspiring to intercept voicemails

12/12/2014

The former features editor of the News of the World has pleaded guilty to conspiring to intercept voicemails making him the eighth journalist from the now defunct tabloid to admit, or be convicted of, phone-hacking, and the ninth overall.The others are:Clive Goodman – Royal Corrrespondent (2006)Andy Coulson – EditorJames Weatherup – News EditorGreg Miskiw – News EditorIan Edmondson – News EditorNeville Thurlbeck – Senior reporterDan Evans – Reporter Jules Stenson admitted to agreeing to illegally intercept voicemails of celebrities and politicians alongside former editor Andy Coulson and private detective Glenn Mulcaire. Also appearing in court was the Sunday tabloid’s former deputy editor Neil Wallis who entered a plea of not guilty. A trial date for Wallis was set for June 2015 with the trial expected to last around six weeks. Stenson himself will be sentenced at a later date.

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