--- description: After conviction for conspiracy title: British Hacking Trial: Andy Coulson to Face Retrial image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [U.K.](/tag/u-k/) ## U.K. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Former British Tabloid Editor to Face Retrial in Hacking Case by [Mirren Gidda](/author/mirren-gidda/) ## Mirren Gidda Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 30, 2014 11:31 AM CUT by [Mirren Gidda](/author/mirren-gidda/) ## Mirren Gidda Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 30, 2014 11:31 AM CUT The former editor of the now-defunct British tabloid the _News of the World_ will be [re-tried](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28086528 "undefined") for allegedly buying royal telephone numbers from police after he was already found guilty last week of conspiracy in the hacking case that has consumed the British media world. Andy Coulson, the former editor who resigned as Prime Minister David Cameron’s communications director in 2011, is due to stand trial for conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office, BBC reports. Coulson is accused of paying police officers for royal telephone directories. Coulson was found [guilty](http://time.com/2917063/andy-coulson-rebekah-brooks-phone-hacking/ "undefined") last week of conspiring to hack phones from 2000 to 2006; he was the paper’s editor from 2003 to 2007. The jurors who convicted him of the conspiracy charge failed to reach a verdict on whether he committed misconduct by allegedly paying police officers for the phone books. Coulson is due to be sentenced later this week for the phone hacking conviction. He faces a maximum of two years in prison. \[[_BBC_](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28086528 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2939941/andy-coulson-british-hacking-case/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2939941/andy-coulson-british-hacking-case/"},"headline":"Former British Tabloid Editor to Face Retrial in Hacking Case","datePublished":"2014-06-30T11:31:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:41:35.839Z","description":"After conviction for conspiracy","url":"https://time.com/2939941/andy-coulson-british-hacking-case/","keywords":["U.K.","Royal Family","Media","David Cameron","Rupert Murdoch"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mirren Gidda","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/mirren-gidda/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/u-k/","name":"U.K."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2939941/andy-coulson-british-hacking-case/","name":"Former British Tabloid Editor to Face Retrial in Hacking Case"}}]}] ```