Police gave Murdoch former editor horse to 'foster'
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February 29, 2012, Wednesday
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BRITISH police gave former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks a retired police steed to look after, the force confirmed yesterday - but they insisted it was not a gift horse.
The Metropolitan Police said the horse was loaned to Brooks - former chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers - in 2008 under a program allowing people to care for retired service animals.
The force said the horse was rehoused with a police officer in 2010 and has since died.
Brooks' spokesman, David Wilson, said Brooks had been a "foster carer" for the animal, and said she paid for its upkeep while it was stabled at her rural home. "This is just a charitable thing Rebekah did," he said.
Britain's media ethics inquiry is currently looking into claims of crooked relations between the press and police. On Monday a senior officer said journalists at Murdoch's The Sun had regularly bribed a network of corrupt police and other officials.
Brooks is one of several current and former Murdoch executives who have been arrested and questioned over wrongdoing by the News of the World, which routinely intercepted voice mails.
Also yesterday, Simon Hughes, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrat party told the inquiry that police had mishandled their first investigation of phone hacking at the tabloid.
Hughes is among dozens of victims who have received damages over phone hacking.
The Metropolitan Police said the horse was loaned to Brooks - former chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers - in 2008 under a program allowing people to care for retired service animals.
The force said the horse was rehoused with a police officer in 2010 and has since died.
Brooks' spokesman, David Wilson, said Brooks had been a "foster carer" for the animal, and said she paid for its upkeep while it was stabled at her rural home. "This is just a charitable thing Rebekah did," he said.
Britain's media ethics inquiry is currently looking into claims of crooked relations between the press and police. On Monday a senior officer said journalists at Murdoch's The Sun had regularly bribed a network of corrupt police and other officials.
Brooks is one of several current and former Murdoch executives who have been arrested and questioned over wrongdoing by the News of the World, which routinely intercepted voice mails.
Also yesterday, Simon Hughes, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrat party told the inquiry that police had mishandled their first investigation of phone hacking at the tabloid.
Hughes is among dozens of victims who have received damages over phone hacking.
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