Bob Bird's Lies

Tommy and Bob in happier days

I was somewhat surprised that Channel 4's  - Dispatches - Dirty deeds of the Tabloids, never touched on the former editor of the NOTW Bob Bird's lies to the judge and jury at the Tommy Sheridan perjury trial.

Bird lied under oath when he said the incriminating data, regarding the £200k payment to Tommy's 'best' man for the 'confession' tape, had all been lost, during an archiving clear out of documents. Bird elaborated in some considerable detail that the documents were sent to Mumbai in India and were lost somewhere on route.

As we now know this was simply not true - nothing was lost, and nothing was ever archived.

I had a chuckle when I read an old report from the BBC's website concerning the original Sheridan defamation trial when Bird was giving evidence. I had googled 'Bob Bird Lies'.

Sunday paper 'does not tell lies'

Bob Bird defended the allegations about Mr Sheridan. The editor of the Scottish edition of the News of the World has told the Tommy Sheridan defamation case that his paper does not tell lies. 

Well the paper might well not tell lies (hmm) but he most definitely does.