Andy Coulson
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Andy Coulson is a British journalist and government official. He served as the editor of the News of the World newspaper before becoming the communications chief for Prime Minister David Cameron.
Coulson resigned from his role as editor of the News of the World in 2007 due to a phone-hacking scandal. Despite this, he later took on the position of communications chief for Cameron. The phone-hacking scandal resurfaced and intensified in 2011, leading to the closure of the News of the World. Coulson eventually stepped down from his government role in January 2011. In June 2014, he was found guilty of conspiring to hack phones and received an 18-month prison sentence.12
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