REBEKAH Brooks and her racehorse trainer husband are among six suspects arrested today by detectives investigating phone hacking, according to reports from the Press Association.
The former News International chief executive and Charlie Brooks were arrested at their home at Sarsden near Chipping Norton on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, sources said.
Police are searching several addresses after dawn raids also took place in London, Hampshire and Hertfordshire, Scotland Yard said.
Ms Brooks, a former editor of The Sun, had been on bail after being questioned by detectives last summer on suspicion of phone hacking and corruption.
Today's arrest come after her lawyer, Stephen Parkinson, said evidence given by Sue Akers at the Leveson Inquiry had brought "much prejudicial material" into the public domain.
The Metropolitan Police would not confirm or deny the reports.
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