Phone-hacking trial reveals Brooks-Coulson affair

Former News of the World editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson were having an affair for at least six years from the late 1990s, the trial into phone hacking allegations has heard.

Prosecutor Andrew Edis QC told jurors he was disclosing the affair because it showed the level of mutual trust between them and the degree to which they shared secrets.

Robin Brant reports from outside the Old Bailey.

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