The former Editor of the now defunct newspaper, the News of the World, Andy Coulson, has been found guilty of conspiracy to hack phones.
His predecessor Rebekah Brooks was cleared of all charges in the phone-hacking trial.
Coulson went on to become Director of Communications for the Prime Minister, David Cameron.
Cameron has apologised for hiring Coulson, saying it was the wrong decision.
Royals, celebrities and victims of crime were among those whose phones were hacked by the News of the World.
The paper was closed by its parent company, News International, in July 2011 after it emerged that it had instructed a private investigator to intercept voicemails left on the mobile phone of a murdered teenager Milly Dowler in 2002.
