Police confiscated the bag for analysis

Eyebrows raised at Brooks bag episode

Eyebrows raised at Brooks bag episode

By politics.co.uk staff

A mini saga in which police found and confiscated a bag near Rebekah Brooks' home prompted an outpouring of speculation on the internet last night.

Detectives are said to be examining a computer, phone and paperwork which was found in a bag near Ms Brooks' home, which she lives in with her husband Charlie.

The Guardian reported that that the item was found in a car park below a shopping centre in Chelsea Harbour.

No-one seems certain how the bag ended up in the car park although an associate of Mr Brooks, a close friend of David Cameron, said it had probably been a mistake by a cleaner.

The associate told the Guardian the bag belonged to Mr Brooks, not his wife, and had nothing to do with phone-hacking.

But efforts by Mr Brooks to retrieve the bag proved unsuccessful when he failed to prove to a security guard it was his.

The guard called for the police, who arrived in two separate cars and a forensics vehicle, to confiscate the bag.