Andy Coulson admits listening to British MP's messages
April 16, 2014  20:27
'News of the World' editor and British Premier David Cameron's ex-communications chief Andy Coulson today admitted for the first time in court that he listened to hacked voicemails of an MP.

The messages, belonging to former home secretary and Labour MP David Blunkett, date back to 2004, which Coulson told the ongoing phone-hacking trial here he now knew were "the product of an illegal act" but was not aware then. Blunkett had left the messages for his lover journalist Kimberly Fortier.

Coulson, who is accused of conspiracy to hack phones and conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office, was testifying at the Old Bailey court here for a third day today.

He claimed he was "shocked" when the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid's chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck rang him while on a holiday in 2004 to say he had information that the then home secretary was having an affair with Fortier, the married publisher of the 'Spectator' magazine.
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