Ex-editor Coulson gets 18 months for hacking

By Jill Lawless

Published July 4, 2014 12:43pm ET

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Ex-editor Coulson gets 18 months for hacking — Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson arrives at the Old Bailey court to be sentenced, in London, Friday, July 4, 2014. Coulson, 46, has been found guilty of being involved in the conspiracy to hack into the phone voicemails of many celebrities, royals, politicians and ordinary members of the public, at the now-closed British Sunday tabloid newspaper. Coulson has been sentenced to 18 months in jail. (AP Photo/PA, Stefan Rousseau) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE | Stefan Rousseau

LONDON (AP) — Andy Coulson went from the editor’s office at Britain’s best-selling newspaper to the corridors of 10 Downing St. as Prime Minister David Cameron’s communications chief. On Friday, he went to prison for conspiring to hack phones.

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