Former X-Factor judge Tulisa hits the air as he walks free from court after his trial for cocaine supply collapses when the evidence shows that 'fake sheikh' Sun reporter LIED Singer acquitted of organizing 820 pounds drug deal between friend and journalist She believed Mazher Mahmood was a powerful Hollywood producer Judge Alistair McCreath told the jury that the case "can not go further ' The judge said there was "reason to believe" that Mr. Mahmood 'lied' Mahmood Controller Alan Smith was central to the collapse of the case today He picked up Tulisa from a hotel where she spoke against taking drugs But after talking with Mahmood, Smith changed his crucial evidence His friend Mike GLC also cleared despite pleading guilty before trial Tulisa said 'we have now succeeded in exposing the real culprit and a liar' Sun confirm Mahmood 'suspended pending an immediate internal investigation' Former X-Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos was acquitted today of supplying cocaine after a judge dismissed the case against him. The 26-year-old singer was accused of negotiating a deal to supply 820 pounds of the drug to an undercover reporter. The judge at Southwark Crown Court in London ruled today that Sunday Sun undercover reporter Mazher Mahmood gave "totally inconsistent evidence." The collapse of the test today is the latest scandal to hit News UK, which under pretext previous company, News International, was forced to close the News of the World after phone hacking revelations. After the dramatic development of UK News has confirmed that Mr Mahmood has been "suspended pending an internal investigation immediately." The court heard the collapse of the case hinged on the evidence of Mr. Mahmood on a given to the police by a driver named Alan Smith, who took the Miss Contostavlos a hotel in London in May last year statement. Originally suggested that Mr. Smith had heard of Star disapproval about drugs, but "changed his mind" after a conversation with the undercover reporter, he told the court. During a pretrial hearing Mr Mahmood was asked: 'Would you then ask or find out, talk to Mr. Smith what was said in the car? When asked if at any stage discussed Miss Contostavlos saying "disapprove" of drugs, also said no. But the judge said he gave the answer were "totally inconsistent" when you gave evidence on the same subject at the trial last week. Outside court, Miss Contostavlos said his life had been put on hold for a year while she dealt with the allegations. She said: "As my lawyer said from the beginning, we have succeeded in exposing the real culprits and most importantly, the real liar. "As someone who has ruined my life over the past year, I firmly believe that this type of trap should not happen to anyone. "I urge the police and UK News Mazher Mahmood to investigate and his team and to end his deception in pursuit of sensational stories for commercial purposes." She said: "I ​​have never been involved in either taking or treating cocaine whole case was a horrible and disgusting trap Mazher Mahmood and the Sun in the Sunday paper.." 'Mahmood has now been exposed as a lie by my lawyers to the judge and jury. These lies told them to stop crucial evidence go to the jury. This evidence showed that I said longtime driver Mahmood who disapproved drugs -. That is the truth ' 'It is clear that the driver was under pressure to change the declaration to strengthen the evidence and Mahmood to hurt mine.' News appealed to the United Kingdom and the Metropolitan Police to investigate Mr Mahmood. She said the Sunday Sun reporter had tricked him into thinking she was auditioning for a lead role in the film. In explaining its decision to suspend the case to the jury, the judge said: "Occasionally - very rarely - there may be circumstances in which a court has to say that everything should clear a process can have, the court can not allow the prosecution case to be taken to a judgment '. He said the situation is due to a "fundamental principle" that the court "can not afford to be part of improper conduct." The judge continued: "When there has been some aspect of the investigation or prosecution of a crime is somehow tainted by serious misconduct to the extent that the integrity of the court would be compromised by allowing the trial proceed in this regard, the court would have to be seen to sanction or connivance in such behavior, then the court has no choice but to say: "This case should go beyond." It can now be reported that before the trial began, defense counsel argued that the case should be 'left' - ie, field - but his application was rejected. But give its ruling today, the judge said that "things have changed since then." The Sun defended the original investigation but said Mr Mahmood had been suspended pending an internal inquiry.

• published: 21 Jul 2014
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