UK phone hacking trial set to go to jury

By Jill Lawless

Published June 9, 2014 12:08pm ET

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UK phone hacking trial set to go to jury — Rebekah Brooks, former News International chief executive, arrives at the Central Criminal Court in London, Monday, June 9, 2014 where they appear to face charges related to phone hacking. Judge John Saunders began summing up at the trial of former News of the World editors Brooks and Andy Coulson, and five others, on charges related to wrongdoing at Murdoch's British tabloids. All the defendants deny the charges. The jury will retire to consider its verdicts in the next few days, after more than seven months of testimony and argument. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) | Lefteris Pitarakis

LONDON (AP) — The last lawyer has argued. The final witness has been heard.

After seven months of courtroom drama and celebrity cameos, Britain’s phone hacking trial will soon be in the hands of jurors. They are expected to retire this week to decide whether the dramatic fall of powerful editors political insiders Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks will end in criminal conviction, and possibly prison.

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