Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks leaves Westminster Magistrates' Court in London June 13, 2012. Brooks, a trusted confidante of Rupert Murdoch and friend to a succession of prime ministers, appeared in a London court on Wednesday accused of hindering a police investigation into phone hacking and corruption by staff at his British tabloids. REUTERS/Olivia Harris (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS MEDIA CRIME LAW)