Andy Coulson

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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 graded a category A prisoner and placed in Belmarsh, a high-security prison. Since the case, he has been downgraded to a category D prisoner [3] and been moved an open prison. [4]


Contact, References and Resources

Contact

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References

  1. Don Van Natta Jr., Jo Becker and Graham Bowley, Tabloid Hack Attack on Royals, and Beyond, The New York Times, 02-September-2010
  2. [1], accessed Sept 2014
  3. Andy Coulson eligible for move from Belmarsh prison [2], Accessed 9/9/2014
  4. Andy Coulson moved from Belmarsh to open prison [3]