Why NOT to destroy records: [from Crown v. Brooks, et al., the Brit phone hack scandal] 1. I never used the archive, Brooks replied, but agreed that her PA may have stored items there, although I didnt know that at the time, she added. 2. The defendant was then shown a records transfer list from September 2009 which listed various items to be archived from her office including all notebooks from Brooks nee Wade. 3. The prosecution case, Edis said, was that this was an honest document and accurately described what was in the boxes sent to the archive, what do you say to that? 4. Brooks replied that it was not her system to use notebooks as Id not been a journalist since 1995. 5. Edis told the court that in October 2009 a temporary employee, Phillipa Bishop, had been given the job of packing up her office when she moved from being editor of the Sun to CEO of News International. Brooks said: I never got involved in the detail, as it was the job of her personal assistants to arrange the move. 6. Didnt they ask you? the prosecutor suggested. Didnt you give them instructions about what to keep, what to archive what to throw out? You were the boss. Theyd been with me for years, they knew what I needed, the defendant replied. 7. The prosecutor told the court that the seven boxes placed in the archive in 2009 were removed on 8 July 2011. You knew by then you were going to be arrested, Edis said to Brooks. 8. I dont remember particularly thinking of that that day, she replied. 9. The police were in the building that day, Edis suggested. 10. The police were in the building on a lot of days, the defendant replied, but agreed she had already discussed using entry and exit teams to keep the media away in case of a police dawn raid with head of security Mark Hanna. I think I knew that the police would want to talk to me, the defendant told the court. thedrum/opinion/2014/03/12/phone-hacking-trial-rebekah-brooks-defence-script-no-relation-truth-court-hears
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