LONDON: Rupert Murdoch's News Corp had promised its British subsidiary chief executive Rebekah Brooks complete immunity from any scrutiny over the phone-hacking scandal involving now-defunct News of the World tabloid, the jury hearing her trial was told.
Brooks is the prime accused in the conspiracy to intercept voicemails on mobile phones of celebrities and government officials. She is a former editor of the News of the World and resigned as News International chief executive in July 2011 after Murdoch closed the tabloid following outrage over the hacking.
The Jury at Old Bailey hearing the trial was informed that Brooks and British Prime Minister David Cameron's ex-spin doctor, Andy Coulson, oversaw a system of phone hacking and illegal payments to officials when they ran the tabloid.
A 2004 letter, recovered from Brooks' computer recently exposing her six-year affair with Coulson, was read out to Jurors. The letter was written when the two were married to their respective partners.
Brooks and Coulson are on trial with six others, accused of conspiring to hack phones and make illegal payments. They deny all the charges. Brooks also faces two counts of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
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