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Brooks / Coulsion Trial: Beans Getting Spilled!

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ChillDoubt | 17:27 Thu 31st Oct 2013 | News
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24762474

Rather apt that skeletons in the cupboard are being revealed on Hallowe'en!
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20:47 Thu 31st Oct 2013
No paper ever went bust underestimating the taste of the reading public.
petard is aptly derived from the word for f@rt I believe sandy ;)
Could well have been. The famous French flatulist, Le Pétomane, is said to have blown his audiences away.
Petard is a penny banger (firework)
as in hoist with one's own petard is letting of a banger too near and not throwing it into a crowd of younger kids.

Peter is fart - eek I mean pettay !

I think fart is pete (/pet/) but I will check.

Le petomane (played by Leonardd Rossiter well when he was alive) was awarded a British honour/medal which the British Consul then had to claw back when QV said - I am not amused
Blimey look at that - I have predicted the Daily Express front page. You should listen to me more you lot. I would have liked more to do the Daily Mail and put AOGz nose out of joint.

RK may not have pressed charges - not so much from noble noble sentiments but more because he didnt want the ... person ....he was in bed with to ..... - Name to come out I mean .
Would she have pleaded provocation, or you can see why I did it ?

and all during that time she was seeking solace with Charlie....

Is anyone following State of Play - the teevee prog ?

I can't understand why these two have been picked out to stand such a lengthy Old Bailey trial for a bit of phone tapping, it is going on in much higher circles, take the recent US v German Chancellor Angela Merkel case.

And has anyone gone on trial for all the NHS scandals, surely those are much worse since many lives have been lost.
If Peter Pedant is the type of person who doesn't read the Daily Mail, then I am only too pleased to do so.
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Purloined from elsewhere:


Andy Coulson - filling 'red tops' with column inches since 1998



Hi AOG we re clearly both at a loose end

take the recent US v German Chancellor Angela Merkel case.
erm wasnt a case was it ? Did the president go to prison ?

Freddie has gone over why and when they prosecute 2 prongs - enough evidence and in the public interest. I actually am surprised they didnt prosecute sooner - the Police showing amazing reticence of Savile proportions. If only you and I were treated like that when we wee on the street....

I used to read the Daily Mail - when it was a fraud-sheet
Hi Peter

When I put the US v German Chancellor Angela Merkel case, I did not mean it was an actual case, it was just a terminology, perhaps in hindsight the wrong one, seeing that it has caused a little confusion, for which I apologise.

Maybe I should have said "the US v German Chancellor Angela Merkel affair"?

Oh dear then perhaps not, as this also gives the wrong impression, I'll just say "the US v German Chancellor Angela Merkel phone listening in accusation" and leave it at that.
AOG - i think Milly Dowler's parents may have a different view
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Differences.

Phone hacking (not tapping) is different to the US NSA surveillance because:
The US Government is capturing data from EVERYONE in the interests of national security and to prevent attacks upon US citizens (Apparently).
The tabloids tagetted selected celebrities in the interests of making money for their proprietors by stealing private information.
That is not to say the US Governments actions are legal or right, just that the two are not really comparable.

Why prosecute phone hackers and not hospital administrators?
I agree with you, hospital staff should be charged. But because they haven't, doesn't mean a totally different and unconnected crime should also not be prosecuted. The Hackers are alledged to have broken the law, so a court hearing to prove guilt or innocence is only right.
Stand by for loads more goodies...this is a 6months or so trial...wait till others concerned start spilling the beans as they get dragged into it...theres a lot of seriously worried people all not sure when or if they should come clean and dropo others in the proverbial to save their own rses
royal coppers selling phone books etc....I assume theyll be brought to book, pun intended...

the real fun hasnt even started yet, watch this space as they say
It is not "just" phone tapping, though others have been jailed for that, but corruption of public officials too. That means jail as well.
I've heard of asking many a one for money but never heard of tapping a phone .
Tom Watson MP was in the court this week seemingly.

He will have a part to play in this case I'm sure but no doubt he was there as an observer - that's what I assumed.

He must be feeling good though and he was probably staring straight at them all in the dock.

What I found interesting is that Rebecca Brookes has dyed her hair a much darker shade of red. I'm wondering if she has been advised to do this.

The court must look pretty weird. One of the reporters was saying that there are so many wigs in court that it looks like the court is full of sheep! Its a pity they dont let cameras in - I'd love to see it..
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Given the evidence guilty pleas and evidence already presented I'll be surprised if this trial goes the distance expected.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24775846

I'm amazed that Coulson hasn't pleaded guilty already after today, which was pretty damning. The words "Do his phone" will become his epitaph. Further revelations of a similar nature are surely in the pipeline and IMHO it will get to the point where they'll decide to no longer continue the charade.

Just a hunch though!
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Discard the first 'evidence' in that first sentence....
What is opened by the Crown and what the evidence turns out to be are often very different. The rule is "Open low, finish high" when prosecuting, because of that; open he case with as little as possible, avoiding quotes from witnesses who aren't policemen; policemen read from notes; but finish with a strong closing speech, when you know how the evidence, including the defendant's, has gone. The statement "Do his phone" may never emerge in evidence, but you can bet whoever says they heard it will be encouraged to read their witness statement before giving evidence !

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