By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - The phone-hacking trial of Rupert Murdoch's former British newspaper boss Rebekah Brooks was told on Tuesday there was no "smoking gun" evidence to prove she knew about illegal interception of celebrities' voicemail messages. The seven-month trial, now nearing its end, has heard that Brooks condoned the practice at the now-defunct News of the World tabloid in an effort to discover exclusive stories. Brooks denies knowing about phone-hacking while she was editor of the paper and on Tuesday her defense lawyer Jonathan Laidlaw told the Old Bailey court she could not win because of critical and unfair media coverage. Awful things have been said about Rebekah Brooks herself over the last few years." Laidlaw said the prosecution had failed to produce the "mass of evidence, a welter of material" despite a huge police investigation.
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