Brooks arrested again over hacking
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March 14, 2012, Wednesday
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BRITISH police made six arrests early yesterday in the media's phone hacking scandal, including Rebekah Brooks, the former top executive of Rupert Murdoch's News International.
Police did not identify those arrested, but a person who had been briefed on the details said Brooks and her husband, a prominent horse breeder and a friend of Prime Minister David Cameron, were arrested at their house. The six people were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. The charge is an indication that investigators may be focusing on a possible cover-up of the scope of phone hacking.
The investigation stems from widespread wrongdoing at Rupert Murdoch's now-closed News of the World tabloid. The victims have ranged from celebrities and major politicians to the families of crime victims.
The Metropolitan Police said five men and a woman were arrested in and around London in a series of raids conducted between 5am and 7am yesterday. Police said a 43-year-old woman was arrested at her home in Oxfordshire. Also arrested were a 49-year-old man in Oxfordshire, a 39-year-old man in Hampshire, a 46-year-old man in West London, a 38-year-old man in Hertforshire and a 48-year-old man in East London.
Police did not identify those arrested, but a person who had been briefed on the details said Brooks and her husband, a prominent horse breeder and a friend of Prime Minister David Cameron, were arrested at their house. The six people were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. The charge is an indication that investigators may be focusing on a possible cover-up of the scope of phone hacking.
The investigation stems from widespread wrongdoing at Rupert Murdoch's now-closed News of the World tabloid. The victims have ranged from celebrities and major politicians to the families of crime victims.
The Metropolitan Police said five men and a woman were arrested in and around London in a series of raids conducted between 5am and 7am yesterday. Police said a 43-year-old woman was arrested at her home in Oxfordshire. Also arrested were a 49-year-old man in Oxfordshire, a 39-year-old man in Hampshire, a 46-year-old man in West London, a 38-year-old man in Hertforshire and a 48-year-old man in East London.
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