Editor jailed in UK royal wiretap scandal

London (dpa) – The editor of one of Britain’s leading tabloid newspapers resigned Friday after a top royal reporter was jailed for four months for illegally tapping into more than 600 mobile phone messages of aides of the royal family.

Andy Coulson, who has been editor of the News of the World, a Sunday tabloid owned by Rupert Murdoch, since 2003, said he took responsibility for the “scandal” over phone interception.

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