Andy Coulson among seven bailed by court over phone hacking claims

Six former staff members from the defunct News of the World (NOTW) and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire were given conditional bail at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, and are due to appear at Southwark Crown Court on September 26.

Coulson was in the dock with ex-managing editor Stuart 
Kuttner, former news editor Greg Miskiw, former head of news Ian 
Edmondson, ex-chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck, former reporter James Weatherup and Mulcaire.

The six face one general charge of alleged phone hacking between October 2000 and August 2006 along with other specific accusations.

Coulson, 42, from south east London, is charged with conspiring with others to 
access the phone messages of Milly
Dowler, former Labour Ministers David 
Blunkett and Charles Clarke, and George Best’s son Calum.

Kuttner, 72, from Woodford Green, Essex, is accused in relation to Milly and Mr Blunkett; and Miskiw, 62, from Leeds, faces charges linked to Dowler, Sven Goran Eriksson, Abi Titmuss and John Leslie, former union boss Andrew Gilchrist, Mr Blunkett, Delia Smith, Mr Clarke, Jude Law, Sadie Frost and Sienna Miller, and Wayne Rooney.

Edmondson, 43, from south west London, faces charges in relation to Mr Blunkett, Mr Clarke, Law, Frost, Miller, former MP Mark Oaten, Rooney, Best, former Labour Minister Tessa Jowell and her husband David Mills, Lord Prescott, Professor John Tulloch, Lord Frederick Windsor, and Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills.

Thurlbeck, 50, from Esher, Surrey, is accused over Milly, Eriksson, Mr Blunkett, Mr Clarke, Hollywood stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Mr Oaten, Ms Jowell and Mr Mills.

Weatherup, 56, from Brentwood in Essex, is charged in relation to Mr Blunkett, Mr Clarke, Law, Frost and Miller, Jolie and Pitt, Rooney, Lord Prescott and Sir Paul and Ms Mills.