Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks arrives at the Old Bailey on February 19, 2014 in London, England
Rebekah Brooks, the former boss of News International, begins her defense Wednesday against allegations that she was part of a conspiracy to intercept the voicemails of high-profile figures in Britain.
Dubbed the phone hacking
trial, it has ensnared big names, including Andy Coulson, a former
Downing Street communications director.
Brooks faces three counts
of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice linked to claims she
plotted to remove boxes of documents from News International offices,
and hide computers and documents from police. She denies any wrongdoing.
She resigned as chief
executive of Rupert Murdoch's News International in July 2011 amid
outrage over claims of widespread hacking by staff at its News of the
World newspaper.
Once feted as a rising star in British media, she was the youngest person to edit a national British newspaper.
She held the top job at
News International, News Corp.'s British subsidiary, for two years after
editing the country's best-selling daily tabloid, The Sun, and its
best-selling Sunday tabloid, News of the World.
But following sweeping
allegations of illegal eavesdropping by News of the World journalists
when she was editor, she has seen her fortunes fade, and was arrested
and questioned several times by police investigating hacking, prior to
being charged.
News International is
News Corp.'s British newspaper arm . The fallout forced Murdoch to shut
down the News of the World in 2011.
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