By . Chris Greenwood . PUBLISHED: . 04:56 EST, 5 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:09 EST, 5 June 2013 . Rebekah Brooks stood among former News International colleagues in court yesterday and denied any role in the phone hacking scandal. The ex-chief executive took centre stage in a dock filled with figures from the media giant, who were represented by 29 of Britain’s top barristers. Brooks, 45, stood beside her racehorse trainer husband Charlie, who arrived at court clutching a copy of the Racing Post, to deny five charges linked to three alleged criminal conspiracies. Scroll down for video . Hearing: Rebekah Brooks, right, and her husband Charlie arrive at Southwark Crown Court where they both denied all the offences they are charged with . She is accused of conspiring to hack . mobile phones, conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office by . paying public officials for stories and conspiring to pervert the course . of justice. The offences are alleged to have taken . place between October 2000 and July 2011, the period when she rose from . being editor of the News of the World to take the same role at The Sun . before running the newspaper publisher. In a rare move, Mr Justice Saunders . allowed reporters and the  public to stand for the two-hour hearing . after every possible seat was filled, with more wanting to watch . proceedings. They were joined by campaigning MP Tom . Watson and lawyer Mark Lewis, who represents the family of murdered . schoolgirl Milly Dowler. Brooks, who was arrested almost two . years ago in relation to alleged phone hacking, chatted to her . co-defendants in the reinforced glass dock at Southwark Crown Court, . Central London, and took notes on the back of a blue envelope. Her former secretary, Cheryl Carter, . 49, also pleaded not guilty  to a charge of perverting the course of . justice. It is alleged that Brooks and Carter tried to remove boxes of . archived material from News International between July 6 and 9, 2011. Plea: Mrs Brooks, a former News International executive, appeared . alongside her husband Charlie (left) in the dock at Southwark Crown . Court . Court: Former News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman (left) and Sun reporter John Kay (right) arrive at Southwark Crown Court, where their cases are listed. Kay has already denied conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office. Goodman denied two counts of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office . Six other people close to her, . including Brooks’s 50-year-old husband, also denied a second charge of . conspiracy to cause misconduct in a public office. The others were News International . security director Mark Hanna, 50, security officer Lee Sandell, 27, . chauffeur Paul Edwards, 48, and her former bodyguard David Johnson, 47. They are accused of attempting to hide documents, computers and other . electronic equipment from officers investigating phone hacking and . corruption. Court appearance: Former News of the World executive Stuart Kuttner, 73, (left) denied conspiracy to intercept communications. Lee Sandell (right) denied conspiracy to pervert the course of justice . Court appearance: Neville Thurlbeck, left, and Greg Miskiw, right, arrive at Southwark Crown Court . Former Metropolitan Police . Constable Paul Flattley has been jailed for selling information on . high-profile figures including Kate Middleton to a Sun journalist. He was jailed in March and the case can be reported for the first time after a charge against the reporter was dropped. The CPS have abandoned their case . against Virginia Wheeler after medical reports had been sought by both . prosecution and defence. Flattley, 30, was paid thousands of . pounds for information over the course of three years, between May 2008 . and September 2011. He passed on details about high-profile cases, as . well as checking out tip-offs that the tabloid had received. Former News of the World managing . editor Stuart Kuttner, 73, and news editor James Weatherup, 57, also . pleaded not guilty to phone hacking, while ex-royal reporter Clive . Goodman denied charges of conspiracy to cause misconduct in a public . office. Other staff, including Andy Coulson, . who took over as editor of the News of the World after Brooks, are . expected to enter pleas this week. Every defendant spoke only to confirm their name and plead not guilty as the charges were put to them by the clerk of the court. Mrs Brooks, of Churchill, Oxfordshire, . is expected to go on trial at Southwark Crown Court on September 9. The . charges arise from Operation Weeting, Scotland Yard’s . multi-million-pound inquiry into the phone-hacking scandal, which . spawned Operation Elveden into corrupt payments to public officials and . Operation Sacha, into allegations of a cover-up. All the defendants were released on bail and declined to comment. Gallery: Labour MP Tom Watson was among the observers sitting in the public gallery at Southwark Crown Court . Sorry we are unable to accept comments for legal reasons.
Former News International executive arrived at court dressed all in black .
Her husband Charlie appeared alongside her at Southwark Crown Court .
She denied conspiring to hack phones, two counts of perverting the course of justice and two of conspiring to commit misconduct in public office .
Brooks will stand trial alongside her husband and former News of the World staff in September .
Labour MP Tom Watson among the observers in the courtroom today .
By . Chris Greenwood . PUBLISHED: . 04:56 EST, 5 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:09 EST, 5 June 2013 . Rebekah Brooks stood among former News International colleagues in court yesterday and denied any role in the phone hacking scandal. The ex-chief executive took centre stage in a dock filled with figures from the media giant, who were represented by 29 of Britain’s top barristers. Brooks, 45, stood beside her racehorse trainer husband Charlie, who arrived at court clutching a copy of the Racing Post, to deny five charges linked to three alleged criminal conspiracies. Scroll down for video . Hearing: Rebekah Brooks, right, and her husband Charlie arrive at Southwark Crown Court where they both denied all the offences they are charged with . She is accused of conspiring to hack . mobile phones, conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office by . paying public officials for stories and conspiring to pervert the course . of justice. The offences are alleged to have taken . place between October 2000 and July 2011, the period when she rose from . being editor of the News of the World to take the same role at The Sun . before running the newspaper publisher. In a rare move, Mr Justice Saunders . allowed reporters and the  public to stand for the two-hour hearing . after every possible seat was filled, with more wanting to watch . proceedings. They were joined by campaigning MP Tom . Watson and lawyer Mark Lewis, who represents the family of murdered . schoolgirl Milly Dowler. Brooks, who was arrested almost two . years ago in relation to alleged phone hacking, chatted to her . co-defendants in the reinforced glass dock at Southwark Crown Court, . Central London, and took notes on the back of a blue envelope. Her former secretary, Cheryl Carter, . 49, also pleaded not guilty  to a charge of perverting the course of . justice. It is alleged that Brooks and Carter tried to remove boxes of . archived material from News International between July 6 and 9, 2011. Plea: Mrs Brooks, a former News International executive, appeared . alongside her husband Charlie (left) in the dock at Southwark Crown . Court . Court: Former News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman (left) and Sun reporter John Kay (right) arrive at Southwark Crown Court, where their cases are listed. Kay has already denied conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office. Goodman denied two counts of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office . Six other people close to her, . including Brooks’s 50-year-old husband, also denied a second charge of . conspiracy to cause misconduct in a public office. The others were News International . security director Mark Hanna, 50, security officer Lee Sandell, 27, . chauffeur Paul Edwards, 48, and her former bodyguard David Johnson, 47. They are accused of attempting to hide documents, computers and other . electronic equipment from officers investigating phone hacking and . corruption. Court appearance: Former News of the World executive Stuart Kuttner, 73, (left) denied conspiracy to intercept communications. Lee Sandell (right) denied conspiracy to pervert the course of justice . Court appearance: Neville Thurlbeck, left, and Greg Miskiw, right, arrive at Southwark Crown Court . Former Metropolitan Police . Constable Paul Flattley has been jailed for selling information on . high-profile figures including Kate Middleton to a Sun journalist. He was jailed in March and the case can be reported for the first time after a charge against the reporter was dropped. The CPS have abandoned their case . against Virginia Wheeler after medical reports had been sought by both . prosecution and defence. Flattley, 30, was paid thousands of . pounds for information over the course of three years, between May 2008 . and September 2011. He passed on details about high-profile cases, as . well as checking out tip-offs that the tabloid had received. Former News of the World managing . editor Stuart Kuttner, 73, and news editor James Weatherup, 57, also . pleaded not guilty to phone hacking, while ex-royal reporter Clive . Goodman denied charges of conspiracy to cause misconduct in a public . office. Other staff, including Andy Coulson, . who took over as editor of the News of the World after Brooks, are . expected to enter pleas this week. Every defendant spoke only to confirm their name and plead not guilty as the charges were put to them by the clerk of the court. Mrs Brooks, of Churchill, Oxfordshire, . is expected to go on trial at Southwark Crown Court on September 9. The . charges arise from Operation Weeting, Scotland Yard’s . multi-million-pound inquiry into the phone-hacking scandal, which . spawned Operation Elveden into corrupt payments to public officials and . Operation Sacha, into allegations of a cover-up. All the defendants were released on bail and declined to comment. Gallery: Labour MP Tom Watson was among the observers sitting in the public gallery at Southwark Crown Court . Sorry we are unable to accept comments for legal reasons.
. Rebekah Brooks stood among former News hack . mobile phones, conspiring to commit perverting the course of . justice. It is alleged News International executive, appeared . alongside her husband Charlie (left) in the dock commit misconduct in public office. Goodman denied two counts of conspiracy to commit Former News of the World executive Stuart trial at Southwark Crown Court on September 9. MP Tom Watson was among the observers sitting in