Tulisa Contostavlos

'Fake Sheikh' Mazher Mahmood declines to give evidence at his trial

Edit The Guardian 28 Sep 2016

Sun journalist and his driver are on trial for allegedly tampering with evidence after a sting involving singer Tulisa Contostavlos. Mazher Mahmood has declined to give evidence in his trial for allegedly tampering with evidence in the case of the singer Tulisa Contostavlos ... Contostavlos had allegedly arranged for Mahmood to be sold half an ounce of cocaine by one of her contacts for £800 in May 2013....

'Fake Sheikh' Mazher Mahmood gives no evidence in trial

Edit BBC News 28 Sep 2016

Undercover journalist Mazher Mahmood has declined to give evidence in his trial for allegedly tampering with evidence in a case against pop singer Tulisa Contostavlos ... The Old Bailey has heard that Miss Contostavlos had been targeted by the self-styled "king of the sting", posing as an influential film producer who wanted her to star in a Hollywood blockbuster....

'Fake Sheikh' conspired to alter witness statement about Tulisa Contostavlos, court told

Edit The Guardian 28 Sep 2016

The undercover reporter Mazher Mahmood conspired to change a witness statement that showed pop star Tulisa Contostavlos disapproved of hard drugs because he feared it would expose him as a “trickster who tried to lure people into criminal activity”, a jury was told ... The Contostavlos investigation was one of the first he conducted after the joining the Sun following the closure of the News of the World....

'Fake Sheikh' refuses to testify in Tulisa case

Edit Skynews 28 Sep 2016

The undercover reporter known as the 'Fake Sheikh' has refused to give evidence in his trial over the 'sting' on pop star Tulisa Contostavlos ... ....

Tulisa anti-drugs comments 'airbrushed out to make Fake Sheikh look like hero'

Edit Belfast Telegraph 28 Sep 2016

Pop star Tulisa Contostavlos's disapproval of drugs was "airbrushed out" so undercover reporter Mazher Mahmood could be the "swashbuckling hero", a court has heard ... Miss Contostavlos had allegedly arranged for Mahmood to be sold half an ounce of cocaine by one of her contacts for £800 in May 2013 ... And so Miss Contostavlos's disapproval of hard drugs ......

Fake Sheikh will not give evidence in trial over Tulisa drugs case

Edit Belfast Telegraph 28 Sep 2016

Fake Sheikh Mazher Mahmood has declined to give evidence in his trial for allegedly tampering with evidence in the case of pop star Tulisa Contostavlos ... Miss Contostavlos had allegedly arranged for Mahmood to be sold half an ounce of cocaine by one of her contacts for £800 in May 2013 ... And so Miss Contostavlos's disapproval of hard drugs was "airbrushed out" after Smith emailed his statement to Mahmood, Ms Forshaw said ... ....

Fake Sheikh says court 'was looking for excuse' to drop Tulisa case

Edit Belfast Telegraph 23 Sep 2016

Fake Sheikh Mazher Mahmood blamed a court for using him as "an excuse" to drop the drugs case against pop star Tulisa Contostavlos, jurors were told ... Share Go To. Miss Contostavlos had allegedly arranged for The Sun undercover reporter to be sold half an ounce of cocaine by one of her contacts for £800 ... He stated. "The operation against Tulisa Contostavlos was properly planned and lawfully undertaken ... ....

Dappy: I went off the rails when I started making money

Edit Belfast Telegraph 23 Sep 2016

Share Go To. He told ITV's This Morning ... The former Celebrity Big Brother contestant, whose real name is Costadinos Contostavlos, found fame in the group with his cousin Tulisa Contostavlos and Fazer aka Richard Rawson, which they started as children ... ....

'Fake Sheikh' says he felt 'steamrollered' by Tulisa drugs trial questioning

Edit The Guardian 23 Sep 2016

The undercover reporter known as the “Fake Sheikh” told police that his evidence in the drugs trial of the pop singer Tulisa Contostavlos may have appeared inconsistent because he felt “steamrollered” by the questioning, a court has heard ... He said in his police statement that he had acted on information that Contostavlos was a user and supplier of drugs....

'Fake Sheikh' Mazher Mahmood 'tampered with evidence' in Tulisa drug trial

Edit Digital Spy 22 Sep 2016

'Fake Sheikh' Mazher Mahmood plotted to tamper with evidence in a case against Tulisa Contostavlos, a court has heard ... "Miss Contostavlos had expressed her disapproval of hard drugs to his own driver, that was the bit of the statement that was altered." The court heard that Smith apparently told a police officer that Tulisa had ......

'Fake Sheikh' trial: police officer tells of surprise at changed statement

Edit The Guardian 22 Sep 2016

Mazher Mahmood and his driver are accused of altering evidence in relation to the drug trial of singer Tulisa Contostavlos. A police officer has told a court of his surprise when a potential witness in the trial of the singer Tulisa Contostavlos changed his evidence ... Contostavlos had allegedly arranged for the journalist to be sold half an ounce (14g) of cocaine by one of her contacts for £800, the jury at the Old Bailey heard....

King of the Sting: Trial opens for UK's 'Fake Sheikh' undercover reporter

Edit Deccan Chronicle 21 Sep 2016

He and his driver Alan Smith deny conspiracy to pervert the course of justice over the 2014 trial of Tulisa Contostavlos, a former member of hip-hop group N-Dubz and "X Factor" talent show judge. Contostavlos was accused of arranging for Mahmood to be supplied with half an ounce of cocaine, a story which landed him an exclusive for The Sun on Sunday and, when he handed evidence to police, led to her prosecution....

Trial opens for UK's 'Fake Sheikh' undercover reporter

Edit The National 21 Sep 2016

He and his driver Alan Smith deny conspiracy to pervert the course of justice over the 2014 trial of Tulisa Contostavlos, a former member of hip-hop group N-Dubz and "X Factor" talent show judge. Contostavlos was accused of arranging for Mahmood to be supplied with half an ounce of cocaine, a story which landed him an exclusive for The Sun on Sunday and, when he handed evidence to police, led to her prosecution....

Tulisa (singer)

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