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Tony Blair advised Rebekah Brooks on phone-hacking scandal, court hears
Former prime minister suggested setting up ‘Hutton style’ inquiry, according to email from former News International chief
Read Rebekah Brooks’s email to James Murdoch in full (PDF)
Tony Blair advised Rebekah Brooks to launch a “Hutton style” inquiry into phone hacking at the News of the World at the height of the scandal over the issue, according to an email that has emerged at the Old Bailey trial.
The revelation emerged in an email that was read to the jury in the hacking trial on Wednesday, and followed what Brooks said was an hour-long phone call.
According to the email, sent the day after the News of the World’s final issue and six days before Brooks was arrested, Blair also told her he was “available” to her and Rupert and James Murdoch as an “unofficial adviser” on a “between us” basis.
The advice was said to have been given on 11 July 2011 and contained in an email she sent at 4.20pm to James Murdoch, the then executive chairman of News International.
Source: http://philosophers-stone.co.uk/wordpress/2014/02/tony-blair-advised-rebekah-brooks-on-phone-hacking-scandal-court-hears/
