Phone hacking: Andy Coulson will not be charged says DPPDavid Cameron's director of communications will not be prosecuted over claims he knew of hacking while editor of News of the World, it has been announced
Andy Coulson, the prime minister's director of communications, will not face prosecution over allegations he knew of phone hacking while he was editor of the News of the World, it was announced today.
The Crown Prosecution Service announced the decision after spending the last four weeks studying material from a renewed Scotland Yard investigation into the claims...
Police decided witnesses who claimed Coulson knew more than he admitted about the phone hacking should be interviewed as potential suspects and thus under criminal caution.
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