Rebekah Brooks describes paying for news as 'normal'

March 10, 2014

Former chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper empire, Rebekah Brooks, today justified cash payments to sources of news stories as "part of the normal business".

The former editor of the 'Sun' and erstwhile 'News of the World' tabloids is on trial over allegations of phone hacking as well as conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office by authorising payments to public officials including police officers.