Three journalists plead guilty to phone hacking

Three senior journalists at the Rupert Murdoch-owned News of the World have pleaded guilty to illegally spying on voicemails on Wednesday, as their long awaited hacking-trial opened. In 2011, it was revealed that employees at the newspaper eavesdropped on the phone voicemails in search of exclusive stories. Murdoch was forced to shut the 168-year-old newspaper as the scandal surfaced.