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| Subject: Corrupt lamestream media: 'I sanctioned payments to officials': Ex-Murdoch editor Rebekah Brooks Fri Feb 28, 2014 2:49 am | |
| Rebekah Brooks, Rupert Murdoch's former British newspaper boss, has told a London court she had sanctioned payments to public officials but denied authorising illegal sums for which she is on triad.
Brooks is accused of authorising almost £40,000 pounds ($74,530) in illegal payments from a reporter on Mr Murdoch's Sun tabloid to a Ministry of Defence official while she was editor of the paper.
She denies the charge, and other offences of conspiracy to hack phones and perverting the course of justice.
Asked by her defence lawyer on Thursday if she had ever sanctioned payments to public officials, something which is illegal, Brooks replied: "Yes, probably since I was deputy editor of the Sun ... a handful of occasions, half a dozen." Advertisement
Her lawyer Jonathan Laidlaw said he would return to the issue later to give further explanation.
Earlier, Brooks had said her view was that "there had to be an overwhelming public interest to justify payment" and only in "very narrow circumstances".
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/i-sanctioned-payments-to-officials-exmurdoch-editor-rebekah-brooks-20140228-hvfgy.html#ixzz2ubJgj9X6 |
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