The trial of former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks over allegations of phone hacking at the News of the World has been delayed for legal reasons.
Brooks and seven others, including Prime Minister David Cameron’s former spin doctor Andy Coulson, were due to stand trial at the Old Bailey on September 7.
Their trial is now expected to begin on October 28.
Former Sun and News of the World editor Brooks denies a total of five charges, including conspiracy to hack phones, conspiracy to pay public officials and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice by allegedly trying to hide evidence.
The 45-year-old, 73-year-old former managing editor Stuart Kuttner, and former news editor Ian Edmondson, 44, also deny conspiracy to intercept mobile phone voicemails between October 3 2000 and August 9 2006.
Coulson, 45, who previously edited the now-closed News of the World, denies the same charge.
He and the paper’s former royal editor Clive Goodman, 55, are also accused of two charges of conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office, between August 31 2002 and January 31 2003, and between January 31 2005 and June 3 2005.
Brooks denies two counts of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office, one between January 2004 and January 2012, and a second between February 2006, and October 2008.
In the same trial, she and former personal assistant Cheryl Carter, 49, are charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice by allegedly trying to hide material from the News International archive between July 6 and 9 2011.
Brooks’ racehorse trainer husband, Charlie Brooks, 50, and News International head of security Mark Hanna, 50, will also appear in the same trial over a charge of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, by allegedly hiding documents and computer equipment from police between July 15 and 19 2011, a charge also faced by Brooks.
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