Hell hath no fury like a spurned Piers Morgan.

The former broadcaster has hit out at David Cameron, after the Prime Minister apologised for hiring Andy Coulson, following his conviction over the phone-hacking scandal.

Morgan’s friend, Rebekah Brooks, and her husband, Charlie, were cleared of all charges made against them.

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Coulson was found guilty of conspiring to hack phones between 2000 and 2006. Cameron rushed to speak out against his former spin doctor before he was even sentenced on Friday 4 July to 18 months in prison, saying that it “was the wrong decision” to employ him.

“Cameron threw Andy to the wolves within seconds of the hacking conviction being announced,” he said.

Shape Created with Sketch. Hacking trial: The sentences in full Show all 5 left Created with Sketch. right Created with Sketch. Shape Created with Sketch. Hacking trial: The sentences in full 1/5 Andy Coulson The Prime Minister's former spin doctor was jailed for 18 months for conspiring to hack phones. 2/5 Greg Miskiw Former News of the World news editor Greg Miskiw was jailed for six months. 3/5 Neville Thurlbeck Neville Thurlbeck, the former NotW chief reporter, was jailed for six months. Getty Images 4/5 James Weatherup Former NotW reporter James Weatherup was given a four-month prison sentence suspended for a year. 5/5 Glenn Mulcaire Private investigator Glenn Mulcaire was given a six month prison sentence, suspended for a year. 1/5 Andy Coulson The Prime Minister's former spin doctor was jailed for 18 months for conspiring to hack phones. 2/5 Greg Miskiw Former News of the World news editor Greg Miskiw was jailed for six months. 3/5 Neville Thurlbeck Neville Thurlbeck, the former NotW chief reporter, was jailed for six months. Getty Images 4/5 James Weatherup Former NotW reporter James Weatherup was given a four-month prison sentence suspended for a year. 5/5 Glenn Mulcaire Private investigator Glenn Mulcaire was given a six month prison sentence, suspended for a year.

“He didn’t even wait for the other verdicts to come in, thus threatening the whole legal process, and potentially prejudicing the outcome of the remaining decisions.

“Our great leader made no effort to contact Andy during his excruciatingly humiliating and painful ordeal.

“And he couldn’t find a single word of support for him in his darkest hour. Instead, he chose to deliberately pour petrol on to the flames of Andy’s immolation.

“That’s not the behaviour of a friend, it’s the behaviour of a self-serving, politically motivated, soulless weasel.”

Morgan described Coulson’s “undivided, unequivocal loyalty” to Cameron while working for him. His efforts were rewarded by the PM who “told anyone who would listen how brilliant Andy was at his job, and how much he valued him”.

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The former Britain’s Got Talent judge also condemned Hugh Grant and Steve Coogan for “preaching” to the British press during the enquiry.

“As for the likes of His Holiness Hugh Grant, and Saint Steve Coogan – the whole concept of these two sleazy, hooker-loving wastrels preaching morals and ethics to the British press is so utterly preposterous that words, temporarily, fail me,” he wrote in a column for the Daily Mail.

“But even their hypocrisy pales into insignificance when compared to the repulsive behaviour of our Prime Minister, David Cameron.

“Andy helped get that guy elected, and gave him virtually every second of his life for three-and-a-half years in the process.”