Ex-editor at Murdoch tabloid jailed for phone-hacking

November 07, 2014 22:26

A former news editor at Rupert Murdoch's now-defunct Sunday tabloid, 'News of the World', was today jailed for eight months for his role in phone hacking, becoming the eighth person from the erstwhile newspaper to be convicted.

45-year-old Ian Edmondson admitted his part in the plot to hack phones last month. The Old Bailey court heard he lost his home, became depressed and was now dependent on alcohol because of the case.

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