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Former Cameron’s adviser was sentenced to prison for wiretapping
Posted On 04 Jul 2014
Coulson, who was editor of that newspaper from 2003 to 2007, resigned as Cameron’s communications director in January 2011 in the wake of investigations. Photo: AFP
A former aide of British Prime Minister David Cameron, Andy Coulson, was sentenced this Friday to 18 months in prison for illegal wiretapping that led to the closure of the `News of the World´ tabloid.
Coulson, former chief editor of the magazine of the mogul Rupert Murdoch, was convicted in late June of wiretapping, after an eight-month trial in a London court.
“I was aware” of espionage, and “encouraged it when he had to have put an end to this practice,” said Judge John Saunders when warranting a conviction.
Other two senior managers of News of the World, the former editor-in-chief Greg Miskiw and great the reporter Neville Thurlbeck, were each one sentenced to six months in jail.
