Phone-hacking scandal: Coulson released after 5 months in jail

November 21, 2014 22:17

Andy Coulson, former editor of the now defunct News of the World tabloid and ex-aide of UK Premier David Cameron, was today released after serving nearly five months in jail for a phone-hacking scandal that brought down media mogul Rupert Murdoch's newspaper

Coulson, 46, was sentenced to 18 months in jail in July after he was found guilty of a conspiracy to intercept voicemails for stories in the tabloid following an eight-month trial at the Old Bailey court in London.

The conditions of his release have not been released yet but it is likely that he could now be placed under home detention. It is not known whether Coulson will have to wear an electronic tag but normally, released prisoners are expected to wear a tag until half of their sentence has passed.

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