Fake Sheikh Mazher Mahmood has served jail time for tampering with evidence in Tulisa Contostavlos’ infamous drugs trial.
The undercover journalist, 53, and his driver Alan Smith, 67, were both found guilty of conspiring to pervert the course of justice earlier this month.
According to the BBC, Judge Gerald Gordon said that while he accepted he had done “some good work” in his career, what he did could never be justified.
Alan Smith was sentenced to 12 months, suspended for two years.
Gutless #MazherMahmood exposes hundreds of people but covers his own face as he appears for sentencing pic.twitter.com/DLoAi2lhID
— Jeremy Vine (@theJeremyVine) October 21, 2016
Immediately after the sentencing, News UK announced that Mazher, former News Of The World investigations editor, had been let go after working with them for 25 years.
After the ‘Fake Sheik’ was found guilty, it was announced that 18 civil claims were being launched against Mazher, which could total up to £800 million.
