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Matthew.

You make me so nervous when you call me that.

Not as nervous as Rebecca Brooks and Andy Coulson were when they were on trial back in 2014.

It's October 31st, the old Bailey London.

Rebecca Brooks takes her place next to Andy Coulson in the dock.

It's day two of the phone hacking criminal trial.

Rebecca and Andy are not the only former news international employees being judged.

But they are making all the headlines.

As the people with the highest public profile, they were always going to be of interest.

They also have the furthest to fall.

There are a lot of charges here. If found guilty, they could both face long prison sentences.

And the scrutiny is about to step up a gear.

Because despite a concerted effort, Rebecca and Andy's lawyers have failed to get the sensitive matter pulled from evidence.

Interesting. What's the sensitive matter?

That's legal speak for a love letter written by Rebecca to Andy in 2004 during their on-off six-year affair when they were both still married.

Oh, yes.

The letter was found in the search of Rebecca's London flat after her arrest.

Both defendants' barristers have fought hard to have it excluded from evidence, saying its disclosure would breach their human rights.

It's so ironic that they're trying to protect their privacy when they're being done for hacking other people's phones.

Ain't it just? Well, it doesn't fly. The lead QC for the prosecution, Andrew Edis, is about to read it to the court as part of his opening argument.

This is Rebecca.

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