Rebekah Brooks to be charged with perverting the course of justice

[oldironside]

Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of News International, is to be charged over allegations that she tried to conceal evidence from detectives investigating phone hacking and alleged bribes to public officials.

Brooks, one of the most high-profile figures in the newspaper industry, will be charged later on Tuesday with three counts of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice in July last year at the height of the police investigation, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced.

She is accused of conspiring with others, including her husband, Charlie Brooks, the racehorse trainer and friend of the prime minister, and her personal assistant, to conceal material from detectives.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/may/15/rebekah-brooks-charged-perverting-course-justice

I'll let Beaker sum up how I feel about this one.

[LeftishBrit]

1. Good news...

and I hope she brings lots and lots of nasty people down with her!

[oldironside]

2. Judging by her reaction...

... she's not taking it too well. Hell hath no fury like a redhead tabloid vampire threatened with prison.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. I can't help but be reminded of Jonathan Aitken and Jeffrey Archer

and their furious protestations of innocence. They both involved their spouses in the lies as well.

[oldironside]

5. Aitken, Archer, Brooks.

Is the justice system prosecuting lying right wing bastards alphabetically? They've done the 'A's, they have finally reached the 'B's. I have to say I'm looking forward to them reaching the 'T's.

[non sociopath skin]

4. "They don't like it up 'em, sah!"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/may/15/rebekah-brooks-defiant-phone-hacking

Whatever happened to "It's a fair cop, Officer - you got me bang to rights, there"?

They don't make villains like they used to.

The Skin

[LeftishBrit]

6. The Murdoch Empire is very like the Mafia, with one important exception

Rebekah and her cronies are NOT likely to follow the code of 'Omerta'.

I hope for a lot of canary-like singing before all this is finished.

[SwissTony]

7. You gotta feel sympathy for her (not)

Rebekah Brooks has hit out at the decision to charge her with three counts of conspiracy to obstruct the course of justice, describing the case against her as "an expensive sideshow" and a "waste of public money".

Looking tired and nervous, the former News International chief executive chose to speak after her husband, Charlie, making a set of brief remarks in which she attacked the Crown Prosection Service's decision to bring charges on Tuesday morning.

Speaking live to camera outside the central London offices of her lawyers, Kingsley Napley, shortly before 5.30pm on Tuesday, Brooks said: "Whilst I have always respected the criminal justice system, I have to question today whether the decision was made on a proper impartial assessment of the evidence.

"I understand and know that there needs to be a proper and thorough investigation, and I am baffled by the decision to charge me. More importantly, however, I cannot express my anger enough that those closest to me have been dragged into this unfairly.

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"proper impartial assessment of the evidence"??? Give me a break. When did MotW ever apply this standard?

"those closest to me have been dragged into this unfairly" White courtesy phone for Rebekah Brooks - Miss Church's family on the line.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/may/15/rebekah-brooks-charges