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In June, Coulson was found guilty of conspiracy to intercept voicemails and on July 4, 2014 he was sentenced 18 months in prison.<ref> [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28160626], accessed Sept 2014 </ref> | In June, Coulson was found guilty of conspiracy to intercept voicemails and on July 4, 2014 he was sentenced 18 months in prison.<ref> [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28160626], accessed Sept 2014 </ref> | ||
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| + | Coulson was deemed to be a category A prisoner, because of this he was put in Belmarsh prison - a high-security prison. Since the case, he has been downgraded to a category D prisoner <ref> Andy Coulson eligible for move from Belmarsh prison [http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/aug/14/andy-coulson-move-belmarsh-news-of-the-world], Accessed 9/9/2014 </ref> and has been moved an open prison. <ref> Andy Coulson moved from Belmarsh to open prison [http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/sep/03/andy-coulson-moved-from-belmarsh-open-prison] </ref> | ||
Revision as of 09:03, 9 September 2014
Andy Coulson is a journalist and media strategist who served as Director of Communications to Prime Minister David Cameron from May 2011 until his resignation on 21 January 2011. He is a former editor of the News of the World.
Phone Tapping Scandal
In 2005 Coulson was the editor of The News of the World when the Sunday newspaper was involved in a phone tapping scandal involving reporters hacking into the mobile phones of members of the Royal family. According to allegations published in the New York Times:
- Andy Coulson, the top editor at the time, had imposed a hypercompetitive ethos, even by tabloid standards. One former reporter called it a “do whatever it takes” mentality. The reporter was one of two people who said Coulson was present during discussions about phone hacking. Coulson ultimately resigned but denied any knowledge of hacking[1].
In June, Coulson was found guilty of conspiracy to intercept voicemails and on July 4, 2014 he was sentenced 18 months in prison.[2]
Prison
Coulson was deemed to be a category A prisoner, because of this he was put in Belmarsh prison - a high-security prison. Since the case, he has been downgraded to a category D prisoner [3] and has been moved an open prison. [4]
Contact, References and Resources
Contact
Resources
- Julian Henry, The Coulson factor, Media: Guardian, 27 October 2008.
- Nick Davies, Murdoch papers paid £1m to gag phone-hacking victims, guardian.co.uk, 8 July 2009.
- Don Van Natta Jr., Jo Becker, and Graham Bowley, Tabloid Hack Attack on Royals, and Beyond, New York Times, 1 September 2010.
- Lisa O'Carroll, David Cameron and Andy Coulson mingle at music festival, guardian.co.uk, 2 July 2012.
- James Hanning, Jane Merrick and Matthew Bell, Andy Coulson vetted by investigator linked to News International, Independent, 7 August 2011.