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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jim Waterson Media editor

Rebekah Vardy’s agent dropped phone in sea to hide evidence, trial hears

Rebekah Vardy entering court in London on Thursday.
Rebekah Vardy entering court in London on Thursday. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

Rebekah Vardy’s agent dropped her phone in the North Sea as part of a concerted effort to destroy evidence, it was alleged on the final day of the “Wagatha Christie” libel trial.

Caroline Watt’s phone went over the side of a boat last August while on a family holiday. The incident took place just days after Coleen Rooney’s lawyers asked to search the phone for WhatsApp conversations that could provide potential evidence of stories about Rooney being leaked to the Sun.

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