Rebekah Brooks and David Coulson are accused of attempting to hack voice ##mail . They both formerly edited the now - defunct News of the World newspaper . The newspaper was part of Rupert Murdoch 's News Corp. media conglomerate . Brooks and Coulson were close to British Prime Minister David Cameron .
Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson are accused of conspiring to hack voice mails . They both formerly edited the now-defunct News of the World newspaper . The tabloid was part of Rupert Murdoch 's News Corp. media empire . Brooks and Coulson were close to British Prime Minister David Cameron .