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source that he was not wearing a wire. Bird paid £200,000 for the secret video footage, which his newspaper claimed showed
Sheridan admitting to his extramarital affairs. The allegations eventually led to a police investigation and a court case, with Sheridan standing trial for perjury in 2010. During this trial, Bob Bird denied allegations from Sheridan that Bird had authorised the use of illegal
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