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"Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson have been charged for alleged payments to public officials. Also charged by Operation Elveden officers are Clive Goodman, Bettina Jordan Barber and John Kay.   Alison Levitt QC, principal legal advisor to the director of public prosecutions, who oversees all potential prosecutions in relation to the phone hacking scandal and related matters, said that charges related to two files of evidence received from the Metropolitan Police Service on August 30, 2012. She explained that the first related to ex-News of the World royal correspondent Clive Goodman and the paper&amp;#039;s ex-editor and news editor Andy Coulson. &amp;quot;We have concluded, following a careful review of the evidence, that Clive Goodman and Andy Coulson should be charged with two conspiracies,&amp;quot; Levitt said. &amp;quot;The allegations relate to the request and authorisation of payments to public officials in exchange for information, including a Palace phone directory known as the &amp;#039;Green Book&amp;#039; containing contact details for the Royal Family and Members of the Household.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson to face trial in September 2013 The second file related to ex-editor of The Sun Rebekah Brooks, former chief reporter at the same paper John Kay, Ministry of Defence employee Bettina Jordan Barber and a fourth suspect who is still the subject of investigations. &amp;quot;We have concluded, following a careful review of the evidence, that Bettina Jordan Barber, John Kay and Rebekah Brooks should be charged with a conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office between 1 January 2004 and 31 January 2012,&amp;quot; Levitt continued. &amp;quot;This conspiracy relates to information allegedly provided by Bettina Jordan Barber for payment which formed the basis of a series of news stories published by The Sun. It is alleged that approximately \u00A3100,000 was paid to Bettina Jordan Barber between 2004 and 2011.&amp;quot; The full charges are as follows: Clive Goodman and Andrew Coulson Charge 1 Clive Goodman and Andrew Coulson, between 31 August 2002 and 31 January 2003, conspired together and with a person or persons unknown to commit misconduct in public office. Contrary to s.1(1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977. Charge 2 Clive Goodman and Andrew Coulson, between 31 January 2005 and 3 June 2005, conspired together and with a person or persons unknown to commit misconduct in public office. Contrary to s.1(1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977. Bettina Jordan Barber, John Kay &amp;amp; Rebekah Brooks Charge 1 Bettina Jordan Barber, John Kay and Rebekah Brooks, between 1 January 2004 and 31 January 2012, conspired together, and with others, to commit misconduct in public office. Contrary to s.1(1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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