Judge in Phone Hacking Case Smacks Down Cameron's Apology

Yesterday we posted on Prime Minister David Cameron’s attempts to distance himself from former comms director Andy Coulson after a court convicted the latter of conspiring to hack into the cell phone of a dead teenager.

Today, the judge in the case responded with what we would call a big rebuke or, more accurately, a rhetorical smack in the face. The judge didn’t just call the apology a bad idea; he said it “could have led to the collapse of the rest of the trial.”

How so?

Well, at the time Cameron rushed to make his statement, jurors were still considering the charges.