Brooks met with TV star ex-husband ‘to talk about phone hacking’
REBEKAh Brooks turned to ex-husband Ross Kemp at the height of the hacking crisis at the the Old Bailey heard yesterday.
Police retrieved emails from the BlackBerry of the former News International chief executive after her arrest in July 2011, the hacking trial was told.
Prosecutor Andrew Edis QC read out emails between Brooks and the TV star as they arranged to meet.
On 23 June 2011, at 11:03pm, Brooks wrote to Kemp: “hello. how are you? Need to talk to you about phone hacking at some point. When are you around?”
At 12:30am that night, she emailed her personal assistants: “Need my 2002, 2003 diaries.”
The next day, ex- star Kemp emailed her back, saying: “Over a month is too long. stone lighter though. Shall we have coffee? Am I in trouble? I’m always in trouble.”
Then, on 5 July, one of Brooks’s personal assistants, Deborah Keegan, emailed Brooks: “Ross called. Sends his best wishes. Says really good to see you and Charlie (Brooks’s current husband) at the weekend. Call if you want.”
Three days later, boxes allegedly containing Brooks’s notebooks were taken out of
Athe News International archive by her other personal assistant, Cheryl Carter.
That day, Brooks emailed Carter: “Coffee and hot milk separately, please – this is disgusting.” Carter replied: “Coming up.”
Later, the jury was told to read the full love letter from Brooks to former editor Andy Coulson which the trial heard about last year.
The trial continues.