Brooks Denies Any Knowledge of Hacking as Tabloid Editor

Rebekah Brooks told a London court that she had no knowledge of the private detective at the center of the phone-hacking scandal while she edited News Corp.’s News of the World tabloid a decade ago.

Brooks, who edited the tabloid from 2000 to 2003, said Glenn Mulcaire’s illegal activities were never brought to her attention. Brooks, 45, testified for the first time in the 14-week-old trial, telling jurors about her connections to politicians and company Chairman Rupert Murdoch.