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18 Jul 2011

Author:
Vikram Dodd, Guardian [UK]

Rebekah Brooks's arrest intensifies phone-hacking crisis [UK]

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Rebekah Brooks was released from police custody on Sunday night…after her arrest by detectives investigating allegations of phone hacking and corrupting of police officers by the News of the World. Brooks, who resigned as News International's chief executive on Friday, was arrested at noon and held throughout the day by Scotland Yard for questioning after being identified as a criminal suspect. The former News of the World editor…was bailed and is due to next return to a police station in October…The development increases the likelihood that James Murdoch will be spoken to by police, at least as a witness…Brooks has denied any knowledge of the practice of phone hacking at the News of the World.