Rebekah Brooks FINALLY quits over phone-hacking scandal as Murdoch's daughter 'accuses her of f****** the company'
- David Cameron says her resignation was the right decision
- Second biggest shareholder said last night that 'she must go'
- MP Chris Bryant says she should have gone sooner
- James Murdoch to come under the spotlight after Brooks departure
- News International will apologise in ALL national newspapers this weekend
- Brooks to be replaced by Sky Italia chief exec, Tom Mockridge
Last updated at 4:19 PM on 15th July 2011
Rebekah Brooks has finally resigned as chief executive of News International a day after it was alleged that Elisabeth Murdoch said Brooks had 'f***** the company'.
The decision to step down came amid deafening calls for her to quit by the likes of David Cameron, Ed Miliband and senior figures within News Corporation.
In an internal email to staff she announced she was standing down saying: 'I feel a deep sense of responsibility for the people we have hurt.
'I now need to concentrate on correcting the distortions and rebutting the allegations about my record as a journalist.'
News Corp announced that the 43-year-old is to be replaced by Tom Mockridge, 55, chief executive of Sky Italia.
Pressure was mounting on her to quit after Rupert Murdoch's daughter's comments which came at the same time that the second biggest shareholder at News Corp declared that she 'must go'.
Scroll down to read Rebekah Brooks's statement in full
Furious: Elisabeth Murdoch, left, launched a scathing attack on Rebekah Brook's handling of the phone hacking crisis in which she said the former editor had 'f***** the company'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2015067/Rebekah-Brooks-resigns-head-News-International-refuses-apologise.html#ixzz1SBmSQWpF
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