Exclusive: Look Inside the World of Andy Coulson
Before Christmas Andy Coulson lost his bid to have News International continue to pay his legal fees. We exclusively revealed that he was going to have to take his kids out of private school and that he would have to sell the five bedroom family home in order to pay the legal fees. Well now it is on the market for £1.6 million:
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From plasma TVs, marble bathrooms, modern art and Philippe Starck furniture, to the dock. A long way to fall…
shame
I guess that is what can happen when someone has to rely on dishonesty and lies to get to that standard of living.
He presumably knew the risks he was taking when he lied, to a Party leader, a select committee and to the courts, to maintain his standard of living.
I think he was just doing what all the others were doing – no more no less. Doesn’t make it right but I think its sad he gets blame for whole industry
He deserves to be accompanied by a lot more spivs and chancers – both the Fleet Street variety and the SW1A 0AA variety.
£1.6M, minus any mortgage, probably leaves enough over to get something reasonably decent, mortgage-free, within the M25, plus have a bit over for private schooling and legal fees.
Whatever.
No. Taxpayers cannot afford lawyers. The legal bill wiil be what he gets for the house.
I don’t. Take one for the “profession” Andy!
He did it quite willingly and apparently egged his underlings on to do so, but a fire sale is not a very good position to be in, if his individual bosses at NI new and condoned it they should also have to personally pay up, he almost certainly did not do it off his own bat
One Law for the Rich, Another Law for the Pratt
he deserves a second second chance
he deserves a second home
what a shithole !!
I just love kicking a bloke when he’s down.
We all do on this blog.
It is important that we house more fake asylum seekers and spongers. This house looks ideal.
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andy c got less because he wanted more.
More, MORE, M-O-R-E!!!!!
It is absolutely essential that the British political system is not contaminated by scum like this. Our integrity is inviolable. I wonder how much compensation I am in for, for my phone being hacked and being followed for 8 years by a Murdoch Detective? I won’t settle for anything less than £10m. Boaz.
That will buy you a nice little apartment in Moscow, Handy and as many young girls as you can handle.
Never heard of him.
price?
I’ve come over all Kirsty Allsop and been browsing the web for houses – see http://www.findaproperty.com/for-sale/property-10768692
Too cool for skool
Thought it would something more exciting…
I have two houses better than that. Pah!
Three actually Polly, getting forgetful in your old age?
Shh, don’t tell the taxman!
This bloody boat accident off the coast has really wrecked my view…
Why has he got patio furniture in the kitchen?
Is Paddy O’Furniture a nom de plume of sleb gardener Dermot Gavin?
Shame what about Piers Moron? or is it ok when your a leftie parasite?
Trawling through estate agent’s brochures?
Cutting edge, ruthless political analysis from Guido.
Tittle tattle it says at the top. You want the Guardian for political *yawn* analysis.
Ewww – touchy
I was first in the lifeboat. We Ities are very brave that’s why Poly and Tuscan Tony like us so much. Gracie.
And no books !
How odd
Three books on the coffee table. Books never been opened, no doubt.
Frightful lack of books – obviously an uncultured oik!
And I bet he had to buy his own furniture too
..and not a hint of a brazilian man thong being hung out to dry, how uncool is that!
Mandy, you honestly don’t think Mrs C would leave Andy’s dirty thongy thingy about when photos are being taken of their house interior
Estate agents’ lore is that books can be off-putting to many purchasers who prefer to watch instead of read. Money doesn’t guarantee cultivation.
HA HA
haven’t the rich suffered enough?
Or indeed paintings or pictures
Strange family
Why is it 1.6 million? It’s just an ordinary house in and ordinary street.
’cause pwoperdee only goes up.
Looks like it was bought for half a million a decade btw, ker-ching!
a decade ago
Value of money has halved
Let’s hope that this sets a precedent for those guilty of wrong doing.
Looking forward to the glossy pics of chez Blair, Mandleson, Goodwin, Prescott et al.
COULSON,ASHCROFT,MURDOCH,COULSON,ASHCROFT,MURDOCH,COULSON,ASHCROFT,MURDOCH,COULSON,ASHCROFT,MURDOCH,COULSON,ASHCROFT,MURDOCH,COULSON,ASHCROFT,MURDOCH.
Bingo.
In you marvelous Tit and Bum
You forgot “too far, too fast”. You will report for re-education, comrade.
N.I should pay this poor chaps legal bills, keep a roof over his head,after al what did he do that was so wrong, the people still love the NOTW and Sun type stuff,it sells well
No, Murdoch realised that all that tit and bum thing which originally lauched the Tit and Bum pales after a time then he hit upon the footy, it’s the footy that sells it that couple with Sky
Just been watching “Hollywood’s Best Villains” on the telly. One of them was apparently based on old Rupie himself…
That’s a bit of a cheap kick in nuts to somone who’s already down Guido. Not very edifying, regardless of who it is.
But I’m sure you’ll encounter the same level of symathy on your inevitable fall.
Free Advert from Guido. I wish I could have got the same coverage when selling mine
Guido’s suggested in a roundabout way that it is a fire sale
Does it make me tribal if I feel sorry for him ?
On a pure corruption scale, are the coalition heading the to the same levels as the former labour government?
YES
Coming round the final bend (oops!) into the straight right now.
…each one outpaces the previous, it’s called “scumbags law of all things uk governmental” bit of a long one that.
It appears to work on the basis that whilst in opposition they observe and learn! I am sure the biggest leap forwards was of course NuLiebor watching the previous corrupt Conservative government, itching to get into power and put what they were learning into practice, reaching what would have previously been thought of as unimaginable heights!
…..and now here we go again.
Ok, at least we are not being shot as in Syria but we are certainly being shafted in everyway possible.
Please pass the tax payer subsidised parliamentary lobster meal Thank you.
Coulson is the maker of his own downfall. It is not as if he had no choice but to go down the path he had taken which proved to be his undoing. You reap what you sow.
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Might used to be right pre ’08.
Now hard to get away with the bad stuff.
…..meanwhile Murdoch slimes back under his rock, remaining very, very, very rich and still the arch manipulator of lily-livered politicians.
Haven’t the rich suffered enough ?
Haaarrr- Diddummmsss!
You would not wish that on anybody.
Hang on…..
Am I the only one to feel really sorry for Andy COulson? He is the only one taking significant rap and it seems that he tried to protect the PM by resigning etc… News Intl seem to be the only Company taking the rap for a practice that was widespread.
+ me
I live in a glass house
News int: isnt it the case that there is very very little solid evidence for any of this, and what does exist is from news int’s private investigator.
You’re right Quango. There but for the grace of God.
You are not the only one.
Coulson was singled out because he helped the Tories.
If News Int. still supported Labour this story would have died ages ago.
Fatty Prescott just got paid £40k for nothing.
Who did more to wreck this country, Andy Coulson or 2-Jags ?
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Murdoch has been humiliated. Power of news int greater so it needs to be cut down to size more. Coulson would not have been allowed to continue by the PM.
This entire fiasco, including the Leveson inquiry, is to prevent Murdoch from setting up in UK a Fox-like news channel.
He’s been in the wrongjob , he got caught, surely with all that “investigatery” powers he had in his hands , he didn’t keep a few diaries or a few tidbits of the high and mighty escapades for a rainy day
The fat lady etc
Geri halliwell was never particularly large, kerry Katona has been on a diet, and of course its not Jade Goody.
Nah, I don’t know who you’re on about.
Shouldn’t his home have bars over the windows and doors with a little peep hole to see in.
I love this blog. Its all heart
Just for the lulz, yeah?
*Watches tumbleweed as it blows across screen*
Guido, I know you have to make a living… but why have you allowed that disgraceful pack of lies from Ken Leninscum to pollute your website?
He was absolutely the worst for jacking up tube and bus fares, now he is pretending he’ll keep them down.
Either this is a massive con trick like last time (most likely) or he will be bribing voters with other people’s money, including their own, by subsidising fares further. Are they really that gullible?
The man is a disgrace and his name should be banned from this site other than in a perjorative context.
So thats a maybe then?
I dunno – Livingstone International Estuary Airport has a certain ring to it.
LIE-AIR for short?
You, are hired.
Someone call ?
Yes, your highness. We would very much appreciate it if you would
bebless the footings.People would like to make their own minds up rather than have you telling us.
He should have been an MP.
Top Tips! Have you been busted for being a lying gobshite? Get the missis to spit out a few kids and New Liebour’s legacy will give you a house and enough child benefit to pay for stella, lambert & butler and a big tv.
Lambert and Butler? lmfao *wheeze*
Don’t laugh. Those are the names of my neighbours kids. The next one is due to be called Samsung.
My neighbour’s little brats are called Wicked Zinger and Oatso Simple.
Who?
If only Coulson had worked for labour he would have been o.k.
Abbott – racist
Prescott – thief
Dromey – liar
Blair – liar, murderer, bent
Brown – liar
Balls – liar
Blair babes – ugly
(Eagles excepted obv)
Socialists are above the law. When you next see Ed Miliband firing one of his MP’s then you can be sure its because they did something un-PC.
Cheating stealing, lying (in the HoC or to the country) is acceptable behaviour for the labour party.
Dromey was only doing what Mandleson said. “Labour are quite relaxed about people becoming filthy rich”.
The hacking pay outs announced today. Will Prescott and Bryant be giving their money to charity?
Oi!! Charidee begins (and ends) at home. Now piss orf.
It makes no sense going to court unless you’re 100% certain of winning. Even then it makes no sense – you can still get a perverse decision. All you’re doing is enriching lawyers.
He would be better off sticking everything in his wife’s name. Absolutely everything. Then going down to the court and declaring himself guilty of whatever it is they fancy charging him with. They can’t fine him because he has no money so they’ll just have to jail him for a bit.
He’ll be out in two or three years and he’ll still have a nice house and money in the bank. In his wife’s name.
Bollocks to this ‘clearing my name’ horseshit. Just hang onto as much cash as you can and if they want their pound of flesh then fine, they can pay 40K a year to bang you up.
Too late I’m afraid
“If you wait to protect your assets until someone brings a lawsuit against you, it’s too late.
Anything you do to remove your assets from the reach of your creditors after a lawsuit is filed is likely to be a “fraudulent conveyance.” That means the courts can and will seek to obtain repossession from the transferee. One specialist in the field says that if you are in a high risk profession or occupation, you must keep some assets (or insurance) available to your creditors or the courts can recover any assets you transfer to relatives or protected entities. “
I thought he was being prosecuted by the state. They’re not likely to want more than a few quid in fines. By ‘few quid’ I mean 5,000 or 10,000. So he can perhaps leave a few quid in his name to settle any likely fine levied by the state but the really big money he’ll be losing will come in paying some fucking lawyer (who doesn’t give a shit if he’s innocent or guilty or if he wins or loses as long as he gets paid).
The state might be a bastard but unless you’re some confidence trickster or embezzler it doesn’t tend to go after your home.
Unlike a lawyer and his unpaid bill.
Can I suggest a “Seperation of convinience” and transfer everything into the wifes name. It worked for me.
Or a canoe trip.
Tessa/David
Only one home? Amateur!
Guido – How do you know he’s not looking to trade up?
My favourite film is In Diana Jones and the Temple of Poon.
Why’s anyone surprised Coulson’s fallen on hard times? Don’t you remember that the first person who rang him when he resigned from the NOTW was Gordon Brown who wished him luck for the future? That’s when his life turned to shit.
Oh, was someone tried and found guilty?
Must have missed it.
The Google Earth photo is dated 2011 and he’s got scaffolding up and the builders in, so I guess it’s either a forced sale or he had the spare readies to do it up before selling… Forced sale I reckon. I noticed Dave suddenly turned on him last summer, something happened.
Had he separated his recyclables from the general household waste?
Having bought for half a mill a decade ago (number 50 on the LR?), he ought to have plenty of financial leeway, if he’s been earning big bucks throughout most of that time.
That said, wouldn’t be the first time a well paid person who ought to be set up for life has blown it all.
Tell me about it.
Ed…just seen a house that’s going cheap – quick sale needed. We could flog it in a few months for a quick 200 grand profit – as usual we’d need to register it as our main residence. What d’ya think?
Yvette…good spot, quick let’s get down to the GF Estate Agency before Chucky gets round there with his off-shore stash.
Dear Mr Judge Judy. I’m unfit to stand trial for fraud expensies. Woop woop! My name is lasagne.
Meanwhile, Mark Oaten has received a shitload of money from NI for compensation and costs.
Where there’s mook there’s brass, lad!
Guido’s “exclusive”
http://www.vebra.com/home/search/vdetails.asp?pid=22940461&cl=79
Guido’s exclusive is an estate agent’s brochure?
There’s not nearly enough of them in the dock yet though.
I knew he lived somewhere nearby… but blinkin’ flip – I know that house!
Our bit of south east London-only a good stone’s throw away….
is worth a lot less though
Actually reading the estate agents details…
made me think knowing the god Almighty crapness of London Labour rotten borough of Lewisham’s schools (which fully reflect the vibrant multi cultural diversity of the community) ( even Diane Abbot wouldn’t use them) you would move if you were taking your kids out of private school
Most expensive house in entire postcode and 20% more expensive than the 2nd most expensive which is just down the road. Its a piss take.
The crowning achievement of the Blair years was the HIP.
Now abolished – useless piece of red tape that was!
It never had a leg to stand on.
he should try the saunders defence …i’m plainly gaga M’lud and i can do the blank stare all day long.
UNDER OATH WILL THE PM ADMIT THAT COULSON TOLD HIM THE TRUTH ABOUT HACKING, ON THE GRAPEvINE A TAPE WILL BE HEARD( AFTER) HE GIVES EVIDANCE….shhhh watch this space
… and just exactly how will the PM know that Coulson’s utterances were really the verity or just a load of b…sh1t that he thought the PM wanted to hear?
surely they could kick an elderly couple out of a concil house and put him there – something of a trial for Grant Shatts new initiative?
You seem to be implying that he’s somehow now destitute. In reality it’s more likely he’s just relocating. Top blogging.
Hang on, the State provides for legal defence in court, doesn’t it?
If you dance with the devil you will always pay the price.I have no sympathy for a person who was quite comfortable with destroying peoples lives from the comfort of his nice fat office and under the protection of the PM at Number 10. Good old Dave his pal and buddy couldnt run away fast enough when the naughties hit the fan.