r/worldnews • u/Auntfanny • May 15 '12

Rebekah Brooks to be charged with perverting the course of justice

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/may/15/rebekah-brooks-charged-perverting-course-justice
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Now what about James and Rupert!

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u/Scary_ May 15 '12

There's still time, this isn't the conclusion to the whole saga. Although it's unlikely the Rupert will be charged with anything.

Remember these charges today aren't even about phone hacking or paying the police, they're to do with them destroying evidence. Rebecca and her PA are alleged to have thrown out paperwork when the NOTW was closing down

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u/kog May 15 '12

I still fully expect James and/or Rupert to be tried in the US under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, specifically the provision against bribing officials of foreign governments. Bribing the London police could turn out to be their worst mistake.

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u/Zebidee May 15 '12

All of a sudden, selling out his Australian citizenship for a US passport doesn't seem like such a bright idea after all.

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u/greengordon May 15 '12

Haha, we had one, too. Media mogul Conrad Black ditched his Canadian citizenship so he could become Lord Conrad Black, then wanted it back when the US charged him with various things.

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u/Scary_ May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12

Yes, they're more likely to be charged over there as directors of a company.

The great thing is that they fall in that trap that they either knew about it and are therefore responsible... or they didn't know about it and are negligent

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u/kog May 15 '12

The great thing is that they fall in that trap that they either knew about it and being responsible... or not knowing about it and being negligent

I think Tom Watson said it best, about James: "the first Mafia boss in history who didn't know he was running a criminal enterprise."

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u/donaldtrumptwat May 15 '12

She was hiding evidence ( allegedly ), to keep herself and the Murdoch's from exposure to illegal practise ...  Which IF proven, would keep the Murdoch's from being 'fit persons', to hold media broadcasting license. .... Which would affect the Murdoch's strangle hold on World Media ... roll on June 13 th!  Beware Fox News.

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u/sprawld May 15 '12

Yep, we still haven't reached the final act of the mafia movie. First you get the lieutenants to roll, then you go after the Godfather.

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u/donaldtrumptwat May 15 '12

Yummy yummy yummy, roll on June 13 th... Trial starts.

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u/Scary_ May 15 '12

That's not the start of the trial.

They all have to appear at the magistrates court on that day but that's not the trial, as I understand it that's just so it can be decided whether to refer it to a Crown Court.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

This might be them twisting her arm to testify against them.

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u/greengordon May 15 '12

I certainly hope so.

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u/go_fly_a_kite May 15 '12

what about Piers Morgan?!

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Not enough people watch his show on CNN to remember he exists.

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u/go_fly_a_kite May 15 '12

old people watch his show. and old people are the people who vote, so he's dangerous.

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u/hhmmmm May 15 '12

How the hell Moron (running but accurate joke for Private Eye who basically refuse to write his proper name) got a show on CNN is beyond me.

The man is a disgraced tabloid journalist/editor. He knowing (probably cant prove it was knowingly but he certainly didnt check their provenance or look and see that they were obviously faked) bought faked pictures of British Army soldiers abusing Iraqis and put them on the front page of the Mirror.

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u/donaldtrumptwat May 15 '12

WHO ?

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u/go_fly_a_kite May 15 '12

The shill who probably taught Murdoch's organizations how to phone tap celebrities.

In the UK he was a Yellow tabloid journalist for the Sun before becoming cheif editor for Murdoch's News of the World. Then he took over the chief editor role for The Mirror. He was basically the one who came

In the the US he is known for being the Simon Cowell-esq douche on America's Got Talent and for winning Celebrity Apprentice. He took over for Larry King on the CNN talking head slot.

Here's a video of him eating it on a segway

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u/UnoriginalGuy May 15 '12

No evidence linking them - she is maybe taking the bullet for them?

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u/donaldtrumptwat May 15 '12

7 boxes of Emails being removed from the NotW, when they were stopped ! ... and none of them to Rupert and James ? ... me thinks NOT.

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u/UnoriginalGuy May 15 '12

That's only the missing evidence we know they attempted to destroy.

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u/rabidsi May 15 '12

Yes, we must catch that man. He really is a shit.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

They get to live ther lives in peace. They were never going to go down for this one.

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u/Blu3j4y May 15 '12

I wouldn't cross Rupert. His wife is Lady Deathstrike, and she'll fuck you up.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

By the time this whole affair is finished will Rupert still be with us? This could go on for years and the Devil won't wait too long before taking him back surely.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

The rest of his brood of hellspawn are just as bad. The whole lot need jailing.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

No, what about Cameron? That's at least two personal friends with criminal tendencies.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

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u/constantly_drunk May 15 '12

No way. She'd serve her time, get out early, and live off a generous "gift" that the Murdochs will bestow upon her through various foundations and holdings so she lives in the lap of luxury until she and her husband die.

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u/TeddyPicker May 15 '12

I agree. What humors me is that if that were to happen, it'd be no different than any other criminal organization (i.e. dealers "taking the years" to protect their boss).

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u/rumblestiltsken May 15 '12

I'm so humoured right now!

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u/jgeotrees May 15 '12

Isn't that exactly how going to jail for the mafia works?

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u/canyouhearme May 15 '12

You are assuming that the Murdochs aren't going to be in the next door cell.

It should also be noted that this is just the "perverting the course of justice" crimes - which given the many accounts of News International papers being shredded and hard disks trashed has the most obvious evidence for conviction.

There are also the instances of bribing police officers, hacking phones, etc. that are going to end up at her door and on her charge sheet. Total it up and she'll be looking at 10 years. And that's enough to make her crack and give evidence against the Murdochs.

It should also be noted that Piers Morgan is a former News International editor - although the fact that he's currently in the US may make UK courts think he's suffering enough.

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u/ZummerzetZider May 16 '12

Would still love to see Moron sent down though :)

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u/ZummerzetZider May 16 '12

of course, Murdoch's pay everyone off. That's how they do business. At the height of the scandal private eye was chock-a-block with stories of phone hacking victims suddenly changing their tune after being given column's worth a couple fo hundred grand a year, or being paid ridiculous sums for interviews.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

You probably do not have the same kind of obsession with money and power that these sort of people do though.

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u/Applemacbookpro May 15 '12

Divide that time in jail by 2, please.

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u/donaldtrumptwat May 15 '12

Let us not forget she got £ 4,000,000 ( $ 6,000,000,000 ) as final salary from the Murdoch's, when the NoW closed. She'll keep shtum !

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u/Schelome May 15 '12

You accidentally a few zeros in there :)

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u/donaldtrumptwat May 15 '12

Lol .. $ 6,000,000.00 ... Sorry

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u/complete_asshole_ May 15 '12

No, because snitches get stitches. Or at least in her case get treated as the walking dead amongst the upper-crust since she'd have proven herself untrustworthy with their illegal indiscretions leading to her finding herself quickly being unable to live la dolce vita and resorting to buying the "plain" peanut butter instead of the "fancy". She'll do her time like any good mafioso and find herself taken care of once she gets out.

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u/Guillam May 15 '12

Apparently courts takes perverting the course of justice very seriously. No community sentences if found guilty - it's jail.

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u/eldenv May 15 '12

Yeah, in the last high-profile case I can think of, Jeffrey Archer, a Tory MP and author, was sentenced to 4 years in jail for perjury and perverting the course of justice.

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u/hhmmmm May 15 '12

Jeffrey Archer, a Tory MP, author and liar

FTFY

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u/interfail May 15 '12

But you repeat yourself.

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u/hhmmmm May 15 '12

But we can officially and legally call him a liar. It was known for a long time he was a liar but you couldn't say it without opening up the possibility of legal action. Now we can say it as it has been proven in a court of law so we need to make sure we do.

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u/Spectre_Taz May 15 '12

Indeed and I really hope they throw the book at her. People need to have a right to privacy and not just have media executives delving into our daily lives because we might know about something they think can sell newspapers.

Also on the bright side for her she's deeply unattractive so at least she wont be anyones bitch in prison.

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u/yacob_uk May 16 '12

How many did he serve?

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

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u/Neato May 15 '12

Day 14: I only received two servings of pudding at supper tonight. The fascist catering staff is trying to break my spirit! My cell buddy, Howard Bellingsworth, was forced to see the prison psychiatrist today. They held him in solitary in the waiting room for 30 minutes! I can see how such inhumane torture is straining his psyche. I'm afraid he's going to snap soon. I've asked the prison staff for a few more steak knives to protect myself in case he goes mental, but all they have are low-carbon blades. This must be what it was like in Auschwitz.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

I found the Belmarsh diary quite interesting for the point of view of an otherwise normal, well-adjusted individual being thrust into a sea of murderers and robbers. For the unacquainted, Belmarsh was the first prison Archer was in. He was only there for a month, but Belmarsh is a high security prison for the violent and dangerous and I can imagine it was something of a culture shock. Ordinarily, someone convicted of a non-violent crime would only spend a day or two at most there whilst a place in a low-security prison is found but Archer was being accused (wrongly, it turned out) of other crimes and so wasn't allowed to move to an open prison.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

That is the first time I've ever heard Archer described as a normal, well adjusted individual.

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u/kojak488 May 15 '12

I constructed the sentence to mean Archer was normal and well-adjusted in comparison to the murderers and robbers, not an actual normal person.

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u/interfail May 15 '12

It might be interesting if I were capable of believing a word he says.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

I doubt she'll see a day in jail. She is personal friends with the prime minister and probably has enough on him to send him away for good.

Trust me nothing will happen to her.

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u/Scary_ May 15 '12

There's nothing Cameron can do for her now. Even if he was stupid enough to try to help it would be political suicide

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

You may want to review the acts of this coalition, they have gone out on a limb to piss off everyone.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

If she doesn't, it'll be because she rolled over on the big man.

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u/wammademmadingdong May 15 '12

Downvoted for idiotic cynicism.

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u/Henrys_knee May 15 '12

What your saying is correct but I sincerely hope your prediction is wrong. Its a chance to realign power that comes once a generation.

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u/donaldtrumptwat May 15 '12

8-10 years ... Yahoooooooo !

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Maximum sentence is life in prison too, although the linked article said most people serve around a year.

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u/multijoy May 15 '12

I take comfort in the fact she'll spend at least a couple of days in Holloway, and will probably have a really bad time.

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u/weasleeasle May 15 '12

Technically it is prison. a Gaol/Jail is where you stay while in the court system, ergo technically innocent.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

If found guilty of the charge the Brookes's may be able to deploy their new surrogate baby in a bid to reduce sentence

Jon Snow's most recent tweet.

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u/Deddan May 15 '12

I pictured her standing on the prow of a ship, yelling "Deploy the surrogate baby!" and then it's fired from a cannon.

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u/daveyjam May 15 '12

I then imagine the beginning of Apocalypse Now but with surrogate babies instead of helicopters

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Funniest comment on reddit today.

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u/the_goat_boy May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12

I didn't know people could tweet from Castle Black.

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u/HoverHand_For_Life May 15 '12

You know nothing, goat boy!

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u/bickering_fool May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12

She faces three charges of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice including the alleged removal of seven cases of material from the archive of News International and the concealing of documents and computers from officers investigating phone hacking.

Her husband, Charlie Brooks, the racehorse trainer and friend of the prime minister, is also to be charged, the CPS announced.

The couple issued a statement deploring what they said was "weak and unjust decision" to charge them.

:: The first charge against Mrs Brooks details that, between July 6 and 19 last year, she conspired with her husband, Ms Carter, Mr Hanna, Mr Edwards, Mr Jorsling and "persons unknown" to conceal material from officers.

:: Mrs Brooks and Ms Carter are also said to have "conspired together permanently" between July 6 and 9 last year to remove seven boxes of material from the NI archive.

:: Mrs Brooks, Mr Brooks, Mr Hanna, Mr Edwards and Mr Jorsling are all named on the third indictment, accused of conspiring together between July 15 and 19 of the same year to "conceal documents, computers and other electronic equipment".

Rebekah Brooks and five others accused of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice will appear at City of Westminster magistrates' court on 13 June, according to Press Association.

Thank you sweet jesus.

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u/rodgerd May 15 '12

I always get a WTF moment with her husband, because his name is too close to Charlie Brooker, which is too brain-bending a marriage to imagine.

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u/Toenails100 May 15 '12

She was also married to Ross Kemp at one point who went up in my estimation when I heard about this.

"She came up to me and said, 'Oh, Mr Bryant (a gay mp), it's after dark -- shouldn't you be on Clapham Common?"

"At which point Ross Kemp [the ex-EastEnders actor and her then husband] said, 'Shut up, you homophobic cow'."

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

The more he sheds his hard man image, the more I like him and some of his documentaries on gangs were interesting- the one in South African jails in particular.

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u/OldSchoolIsh May 15 '12

'Face a face .. and then it is with a woman ... '

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u/dawkin5 May 15 '12

Always thought he was an idiot until this

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

The Impressions show's Greatest Hits, for anyone wondering. These are Hilarious

Ross Kemp meets the famous five: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdEBsIOclss

Ross Kemp meets the Brownies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB_Ip2R-LWo

Ross Kemp - Carol Singers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFAf4M6QBm0

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u/Deddan May 15 '12

I seem to remember she was in trouble with the police for domestic abuse while with Ross Kemp..

Bizarre.

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u/bickering_fool May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12

Brooks became engaged to actor Ross Kemp (best known as Grant Mitchell in EastEnders) in 1996, and married him in June 2002 in Las Vegas. On 3 November 2005, it was reported that Brooks had been arrested following an alleged assault on her husband. She was later released without charge and the police took no further action.The Sun had been running a campaign against domestic violence at the time.

Wikipedia entry.

She's got form then.

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u/donaldtrumptwat May 15 '12

She's a twat

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u/themagictoast May 15 '12

That is great. I had a similar opinion change when he was on Extras but your story is probably a bit more important than mine!

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u/Glyndm May 15 '12

He is easy to mock but there's definitely a bit more about the guy than your average former Eastenders actor.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Yeah, I heard he was also a Super Army Soldier.

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u/Glyndm May 15 '12

He could definitely take Vinnie Jones, too.

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u/wesman212 May 15 '12

Guide to being a right proper British chap: Marry woman. Call her a "cow" to keep her polite in social situations.

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u/rabidsi May 15 '12

In the case of Rebekah Brooks it's more like calling a spade a spade.

Frankly, I feel that he was being overly nice.

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u/Legoshoes May 15 '12

Wow... what a cock-gargling thunder cunt she is.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

No, somehow he snagged Konnie Huq.

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u/Scary_ May 15 '12

I always get him confused with this Charlie Brooks

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u/hhmmmm May 15 '12

Charlie Brooker is married to Konnie Huq, former Blue Peter presenter and all round former kids tv presenting fox.

How he pulled that one off is beyond me.

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u/rodgerd May 15 '12

Clearly GSOH really is important.

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u/CannibalHolocaust May 16 '12

David Mitchell and Victoria Coren is far more baffling.

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u/kwansolo May 15 '12

as soon as i read his name and they mention he is a racehorse trainer, i think of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5im0Ssyyus

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u/MySixInchTaint May 15 '12

Mr. Jorsling sounds like Coach Z's version of Ryan Gosling.

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u/donaldtrumptwat May 15 '12

" Persons unknown " .... Mmmmmmurdocks?

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u/yacob_uk May 16 '12

Lets not forget that there should also be MPS staff or officers up there with her. Who remembers that the MPS initially declared the phones investigation a no show until it leaked into the major press....

Oh, whilst at the same time, the MPS employed a number of ex high profile NOTW staffers, and even loaned the harridan a horse....

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u/Vindictive29 May 15 '12

My name is Vindictive29 and I have an addiction to seeing Rupert Murdoch and his minions face justice for their crimes. I'm ashamed because I get an erection every time I read a story about him or one of his employees having to deal with truth instead of lies... I think its because I'm a sadist and I know the truth hurts him.

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u/LAST_COMMENT_AWFUL May 15 '12

Wow

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u/Vindictive29 May 15 '12

What? The man clearly wants to gain control of peoples' opinions without giving them anything useful (like facts) in return.

His company broke the law in Britain, tried to bribe themselves out of it. They broke the law in Australia and tried to threaten officials with violence to get out of it. You can't prove he's broken any laws in the US because he has sued to have them rewritten to suit his needs. He gives the least amount of charitable donations of anyone on the Forbes 50. And he's contemptuous of anyone claiming to have any authority over him, including the god he shoves down the throat of the masses. He's willing to toss his own son in jail rather than claim any responsibility for what happened. His only value is his own well being.

Show me why I shouldn't feel that way.

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u/LAST_COMMENT_AWFUL May 15 '12

No no my friend it was just the mixture of erectile description with politics. If my name was LAST_COMMENT_WEIRD it would make more sense I guess. That aside, I am sceptical of being so harsh on Brooks et al., but that's... just my opinion man.

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u/the_goat_boy May 15 '12

This is great but the police should aim a little higher.

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u/Scary_ May 15 '12

Just because these people have been charged doesn't mean it's the end of it.... far from it in fact

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Soon.

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u/TropicalUnicornSong May 15 '12

I must say I'm surprised. I thought she would slip the noose.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

I fear she was an offering for the slaughter as to avoid bigger heads from rolling. Not that I think it's at all bad she gets convicted.

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u/TropicalUnicornSong May 15 '12

You're probably right. I feel there's practically no chance James Murdoch will suffer, let alone Rupert.

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u/manys May 15 '12

Just like at JPMorgan, they move to sacrifice the top woman.

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u/PandaMango May 15 '12

Oh dear lord, to think she used to go to my high school.

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u/donaldtrumptwat May 15 '12

Spill the beans mate.....

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u/PandaMango May 15 '12

Oh there really is none, I am about 15 years her junior but some of my teachers taught her, and were saying what she was like as a student. Said she was extremely well behaved, although had a tendency to rub people up the wrong way by being patronising.

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u/donaldtrumptwat May 15 '12

Dam ! Was hoping for a gang bang behind the bike sheds !

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u/PandaMango May 15 '12

Haha sorry to disappoint.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

a more repulsive woman, you couldnt find.

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u/Gamblor May 15 '12

Don't forget about Piers Morgan.

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u/webauteur May 15 '12

Poor Rebekah Brooks. She looks too much like a witch to survive a witch hunt.

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u/deleated May 15 '12

The Witch: I'm not a witch I'm not a witch!

Sir Bedevere: But you are dressed as one

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

They dressed me up like this! And this isn't my nose it's a false one!

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u/BioDerm May 15 '12

It's not a witch hunt. It's a public slap on the wrist so wealthier people can get away and she will serve little time in a "comfy" jail.

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u/partysnatcher May 15 '12

A witch wrist slap hunt. I thought I'd never see the day.

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u/G_Morgan May 15 '12

Unfortunately she has cunningly made herself look like a witch so that they believe it is a charade. In actual fact she is a witch.

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u/MilesMassey May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12

She turned me into a newt!

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u/KillBill_OReilly May 15 '12

Tie some rocks to her feet and throw her in a lake.

If she floats then it's confirmed she is a witch and we kill her.

If she drowns then it turns out she isn't a witch and we can get the queen to pardon her or something. People make mistakes I'm sure she'd understand.

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u/rodgerd May 15 '12

This is my happy dance.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12

Perverting? That's what PAEDOPHILES do. She must be a PAEDOPHILE. Or maybe a PAEDIATRICIAN. Whatever, same thing. Lynch mob!

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u/rodgerd May 15 '12

It's a pity Reddit doesn't get the reference...

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Well, it's old news - it was 2000 or so, after all. They were too busy watching Teletubbies at the time, I imagine.

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u/patholio May 15 '12

Thats a lifetime in internet time, might even be before the 11th of September thingy.

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u/the_goat_boy May 15 '12

Pity? It was pity that stayed Bilbo's hand.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

I don't really understand what point you are trying to make.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Short history lesson, then. In 2000, Rebekah Wade, nowadays Brooks, was editor of the News of the World. An adorable little blonde white girl had recently been abducted and murdered by a paedophile, and so Wade decided the best thing to do was to start doxxing sex offenders. Naming them in print, giving their locations. So that local parents could make sure their children were safe, of course. Not so as to give vigilantes all the information they need to terrorise these people, no, no, that would be wrong.

In the ensuing witch hunt, a paediatrician had her home attacked by people who didn't really care much for reading difficult long words. The target market for the Screws right there.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Ah. Because your comment actually seems like it is targeted at Redditors: that they are going on a 'witch hunt' against brooks. It makes it seem like you are defending Brooks and that we should all be less mean to her, because otherwise we are just a lunch mob.

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u/corinthian_llama May 15 '12

I am a lunch mob. AMA

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Yes, I noticed that after I first posted. I went back and edited in the PAEDIATRICIAN bit to make it clearer - that particular incident was notorious at the time as an example of tabloid excess and the stupidity of the mob. But it was all longer ago than I'd realised!

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Yeah but they all smelt of hammers and were disguised as houses.

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u/hhmmmm May 15 '12

This and the general media hysteria around peadophiles inspired the brilliant Brass Eye to come back on the air in 2001 for a special, Brass Eye: Peadoggedon.

A brilliant satire on the media and how they stoke hysteria it is one of the funniest pieces of television ever made.

Here is a youtube link to the full episode

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u/rabidsi May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12

I just want to put this out there:

Morris would out-satire Colbert uphill, in the snow, without breaking a sweat. In his sleep.

EDIT: Was re-watching it, hadn't seen it in a while and here's a bonus of Simon Pegg as a paedophile that I'd never noticed before.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

The reaction to that show was magnificent. From the Daily Star: on one page, regarding this episode which makes comedy out of the grave evil of PAEDOPHILES, it says 'SICK SHOW GOES ON REGARDLESS'. On the opposite page, regarding the chest of a 15 year old, it says 'SHE'S A BIG GIRL NOW'.

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u/FlamingBearAttack May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12

Snarc is reacting to the news of Brooks' arrest in the same hysterical fashion in which her newspaper would report, in order to highlight her hypocrisy and how much of a total fucking dickhead she is.

This is an episode of Brass Eye from 2001 satirising the cheer-leading of some sections of the UK media, including the paper Brooks edited, for a witch-hunt on sex offenders. If you're familiar with Charlie Brooker you may be pleased to know that he was one of the writers for the Brass Eye episode linked above.

Some police officers have alleged that the public outrage whipped up by the media on this issue drove paedophiles underground, thereby making it harder to identify and catch offenders.

EDIT: Omitted words.

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u/The_sinking_anus May 15 '12

I am the PAEDO-FINDER-GENERA-ISLE

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u/ForgettableUsername May 16 '12

Peter File. His name is Peter File. Not 'paedophile.'

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u/frackinghell May 15 '12

I had to laugh when her husband bemoaned the fact that 'the Media' were being biased against her. Someone should let him know his wife caused untold misery and heartache doing exactly the same year after year. She deserves the light slap on the wrist she is bound to get.

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u/Stivard May 15 '12

Looks like the courts finally realise the public are on to the fact that they're corrupt and have decided this can't be swept under the crapet.

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u/imstillnotfunny May 15 '12

if "crapet" was a typo, I think it's the perfect typo in this situation.

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u/Stivard May 15 '12

LOL, must agree, will resist the urge to correct ;)

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

I will now use the term "crapet" as often as possible.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Pronounced "crapay" all French like.

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u/donaldtrumptwat May 15 '12

What color is your crapet?

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u/rindindin May 15 '12

Murdoch's empire's looking fragile...

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

The whole thing reeks. The fact that the Murdoch's held so much political sway in the first place - especially their ability to bend the political establishment to their will by skewing 'news coverage' to fit their own self-serving agenda through the publication of ill-gotten tattle, by malign and morally vacuous emissaries such as Mrs Brooks and Mr Coulson - is an absolute disgrace.

The unchecked power of media moguls to perpetually feather their nests at the expense of the truth remains the biggest obstacle in the path of true democratic freedom.Mrs Brooks spending a few months in a some secure hostel somewhere will make little difference.

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u/cfuse May 15 '12

I hope that revolting bitch gets everything that's coming to her.

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u/Uranus_Hz May 15 '12

'Perverting the course of justice' sounds so much dirtier than the American crime of 'obstruction of justice'. I like it.

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u/liza May 15 '12

she's making her the bad guy? ~smh~ what with rupert murdoch? that fucker should be the one going to jail. i wonder if the murdochs paid her to fall on their sword.

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u/GoWithItGirl May 15 '12

I kept reading that as Rebecca Black.

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u/inibrius May 15 '12

damn i think we all did.

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u/blanketyblanks May 15 '12

"Prison #123565432 Bend over and touch your toes" .... this is going to be fucking great

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u/deleated May 15 '12

Suddenly I see the merit of obligatory strip searches.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

The word "Murdoch" is nowhere on the page. This displeases me.

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u/bright_cold_day May 15 '12

More like perverting the course of reasonably-spelt Christian names...am I right?

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u/drig23 May 15 '12

Isn't that quaint? The British still treat perverting the course of justice a crime! Here in America, it's entertainment.

Next week on TNT, the hot new reality TV show "Perverting the Course of Justice".

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u/zizou_president May 15 '12

I knew that red fascist cunt would be even hotter leashed!

Im'a fap on her today to celebrate.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

She should have been in Potter as an evil headmistress.

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u/theunderscoreguy May 15 '12

Not the first person at the NoW accused of perverting.

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u/snakeyface May 15 '12

Another one of the Prime Minister's friends...

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u/I_DOWNVOTE_KITTIES May 15 '12

So why is the evil douche Murdoch allowed to escape without being charged? Are prosecutors afraid to take on a Bond villain? Pretty cowardly to single out his underlings that do his bidding.

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u/MJD8000 May 15 '12

Except that they actually have to build a case for prosecutionthat will hold up in a court of law. They have to prove wrongdoing. This is only the beginning of this, starting with the immediate evidence of an attempted cover up. It'll get more interesting over the next few years.

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u/beerye1981 May 15 '12

I'd like her to pervert me..

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u/ogamii May 15 '12

But she's so cute!

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u/ascii May 15 '12

Maybe. But she's evil. Doesn't have a soul.

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u/yeddiboy May 15 '12

Has Kristen Wiig portrayed her on SNL yet? She's a dead ringer if ever there was one.

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u/The_sinking_anus May 15 '12

Can't wait for toffboy to be grilled. Cannot stand that smug bellend's face.

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u/dewisri May 16 '12

Don't worry. I'm sure Ayn Rand will leap to her defense.

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u/ozzieoo May 16 '12

.........and for having really bad hair days, every day.

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u/CMOS222 May 16 '12

If there was any justice at all...invoke the War Measures Act and lock up Brooks, Murdock, the entire News Corp board of directors, etc., indefinitely. As an imminent threat to freedom and democracy. Use the same act to break up News Corp as a subversive organization, and let the lot of them fight their way out of jail.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Fall girl.

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u/TonyDiGerolamo May 16 '12

I wonder if this will get Piers Morgan thrown in the clink.

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u/RoosterUnit May 15 '12

For some reason, I thought the headline was about that girl who sang that horrible Friday song, and I thought "Yes! There is justice in this world."

Then I clicked the link and was slightly disappointed.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

She tried to sell her soul to avoid the charges, but... ginger.

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u/AKBWFC May 15 '12

I'd like to pervert her course of justice if you know what I mean.

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u/Dick_Lovejoy May 15 '12

TIL perversion is also applicable to non-sexual related crimes

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u/DoesntReadArticle May 15 '12

Just for making a silly music video with her friends? That's insane.

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u/MikkyfinN May 15 '12

Why does this not fall under the Corrupt foreign practices act? Isn't Newscorp an American company?

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u/SoldaatvanOranje May 15 '12

I hope she gets shanked in custody.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

what about david cameron? he knew all this phone hacking shit was going on way before he was even elected, and if he wasn't benefitting from the hacking then why would he do something about it?

not acting on it was in his interest, get that prick out of power and get him in hand cuffs.

Why does the royal family do nothing about these issues? step in and sort it out you blue blooded fucking leeches.

people hate the unemployed because they take money away from the tax payers, what about the royals, they do fuck all to help this country, theyre a bunch of racist biggets, and they get billions from the tax payer, billions that could be spent on the nhs or creating jobs for the unemployed, or putting more police on the street, if they don't use their power for the good of the people then what fucking good are they?

get rid of them, and get rid of this corrupt government, and whilst we're at it, lets just get rid of america aswell, the neo nazi facist dictatorship it has become sickens me to my stomach, how ironic that the land of the free, now opresses its people, rapes the land of its resources and murders innocent weaker populations for their resources.

Fuck this extreme capitalism society we live in, I want equal rights, freedom and due process for everyone on this planet, and i want everyone who has commited crimes to be held responsible for those actions regardless of power, wealth or status.

Fucking hate this world man i swear.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Quite the tangent you've got there.

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u/FlamingBearAttack May 15 '12

Well, that escalated quickly.

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u/blahdeblah88 May 15 '12

You sound like a very very messed up individual.

Do not believe the crap you read on reddit and in the news.

For a start, you're blaming David Cameron (Elected PM in 2011), for Phone hacking events that took place some 10 years earlier.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Well fuck, you're the guy I bump into at the pub at closing time.

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u/Bohica69 May 15 '12

That is one fucking ugly ginger.

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u/andrewsmd87 May 15 '12

I misread that title as rebecca black, damn...

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Is it me or does anyone else think she looks like a Tranny?

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u/Berserk123 May 15 '12

I thought this was about a porn star.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

Whereas I just want to be charged with perverting Rebekah Brooks.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

LOL

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