Rebekah Brooks told her mother not to watch the news as reports that the News of the World hacked the voicemails of missing schoolgirl Milly Dowler came
out, the phone hacking trial has heard. Deborah Weir, called to give live evidence in her daughter's defence at the Old Bailey, said Brooks was "not very easy" to get hold of after the allegations
were made in the press on July 4 2011 - days before the tabloid boss's resignation and arrest in connection with hacking.
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