NEW : Rebekah Brooks will appear in court next week , charged over alleged illegal payments . Andy Coulson faces charges over alleged payments to officials in a separate case . Brooks and Coulson edited a newspaper that was part of the News Corp. empire . The charges in this case relate to the period from January 1 , 2004 , to January 31 of this year , Alison Levitt , chief legal adviser to the director of public prosecutions , said in a statement . Comment:
NEW : Rebekah Brooks will appear in court next week , charged over alleged illegal payments . Andy Coulson faces charges over alleged payments to officials in a separate case . Brooks and Coulson edited a newspaper that was part of the News Corp. empire . Comment: