Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson among five charged amid corrupt payments investigation FIVE people including former spin doctor Andy Coulson and ex-News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks are facing charges linked to alleged bribery of public officials. Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson among five charged as part of investigation into corrupt payments to public officials Operation Elveden leads to charges for Clive Goodman, former Sun chief reporter John Kay and Bettina Jordan Barber, a former MoD employee The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced today that Coulson and former News of the World (NOTW) royal correspondent Clive Goodman are accused of a conspiracy to pay for information that included contact details for the royal family. Brooks and former Sun chief reporter John Kay are charged with conspiring to pay Ministry of Defence employee Bettina Jordan-Barber around £100,000 for information. Today Coulson, who was editor of the NOTW, denied any wrongdoing. He said: "I am extremely disappointed by this latest CPS decision. I deny the allegations made against me and will fight the charges in court. David Cameron's former spin doctor Coulson, 44, and Goodman face two counts of conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office - one between August 31 2002 and January 31 2003, and the other between January 31 and June 3 2005. They relate to the alleged request and authorisation of payments to public officials in exchange for information, including a royal phone directory known as the "Green Book." Brooks, Kay and Jordan-Barber face one count of conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office between January 1 2004 and January 31 this year. That relates to allegations that Jordan-Barber was paid to provide information to the Sun newspaper. Scotland Yard said Kay, 69, answered bail at a north London police station this morning and was charged. He will appear at Westminster Magistrates" Court on November 29. Solicitor Henri Brandman, who is representing Kay, said: "Neither my client nor I will be making any comment in respect of the matter at the present time." There is a remaining suspect who is still being investigated in relation to the charges faced by Brooks, Kay and Barber. Prosecutors said the file passed to them by police related to two journalists and two public officials. So far, 52 people have been arrested as part of Operation Elveden, the investigation into alleged corrupt payments to public officials. Two of those, a retired police officer and a former journalist, have been told they will face no further action. A senior counter-terrorism detective has already been charged and is due to face trial in January. Detective Chief Inspector April Casburn is accused of leaking information to the NOTW about the police inquiry into whether to reopen the investigation into phone hacking. So far 18 people have been arrested as part of Operation Tuleta, but no one has yet been charged.