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| Tulisa Contostavlos trial collapses over Mazher Mahmood evidence | Tulisa Contostavlos trial collapses over Mazher Mahmood evidence |
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| The trial of Tulisa Contostavlos over drugs allegations has collapsed. | The trial of Tulisa Contostavlos over drugs allegations has collapsed. |
| The singer was accused of boasting that she could "sort out" cocaine for a journalist and put him in touch with her rapper friend Mike GLC, who supplied the class A drug. | The singer was accused of boasting that she could "sort out" cocaine for a journalist and put him in touch with her rapper friend Mike GLC, who supplied the class A drug. |
| The undercover reporter Mazher Mahmood, dubbed the "Fake Sheikh", posed as a wealthy film producer called Samir Khan when he met the former X Factor judge at a string of luxury hotels and restaurants, jurors at London's Southwark crown court heard. | The undercover reporter Mazher Mahmood, dubbed the "Fake Sheikh", posed as a wealthy film producer called Samir Khan when he met the former X Factor judge at a string of luxury hotels and restaurants, jurors at London's Southwark crown court heard. |
| Contostavlos vehemently denied brokering the deal, which was exposed in the Sun on Sunday newspaper last June. | Contostavlos vehemently denied brokering the deal, which was exposed in the Sun on Sunday newspaper last June. |
| On Monday the judge, Alistair McCreath, told the jury that the case "cannot go any further" because there were "strong grounds to believe" that Mahmood had lied at a hearing before the trial started. | On Monday the judge, Alistair McCreath, told the jury that the case "cannot go any further" because there were "strong grounds to believe" that Mahmood had lied at a hearing before the trial started. |
| The 26-year-old star smiled broadly in the dock as the jury was formally discharged from trying the case. | The 26-year-old star smiled broadly in the dock as the jury was formally discharged from trying the case. |
| Mike GLC - whose real name is Michael Coombs - pleaded guilty before the start of the trial to supplying half an ounce (13.9g) of cocaine but he also walked free after judge said the case cannot proceed against him. |