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17/11/2006
Trial date set for newspaper's royal editor
The royal editor for the 'News of the World' is to stand trial next July charged with hacking into mobile phones belonging to the Royal Family.
Clive Goodman, 48, from Putney, south-west London, was arrested following claims from Clarence House that the security of its telephone network had been breached.
Goodman is accused of conspiring to intercept voicemail messages and of intercepting voicemail messages.
Another man, Glenn Mulcaire, 35, from Sutton, Surrey, will also stand trial at the same time, facing the same charges.
Both men are due to appear in court on November 29 for a hearing and the date for the start of the trial has been set for July 23.
Both men face a maximum sentence of two years in jail and a possible fine if they are found guilty.
(KMcA/EF)
Clive Goodman, 48, from Putney, south-west London, was arrested following claims from Clarence House that the security of its telephone network had been breached.
Goodman is accused of conspiring to intercept voicemail messages and of intercepting voicemail messages.
Another man, Glenn Mulcaire, 35, from Sutton, Surrey, will also stand trial at the same time, facing the same charges.
Both men are due to appear in court on November 29 for a hearing and the date for the start of the trial has been set for July 23.
Both men face a maximum sentence of two years in jail and a possible fine if they are found guilty.
(KMcA/EF)
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