The jury in the Rebekah Brooks trial has retired to consider its verdicts on a string of offences related to phone hacking, corruption and perversion of
the course of justice. They began their deliberations shortly after 3.30pm, bringing the eight-month trial, involving seven defendants including Andy Coulson, David Cameron's former spin doctor, to
its final phase. They will consider verdicts on seven counts facing the seven defendants, including four charges against Brooks and three against Coulson.
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