Undercover exposés in character as 'The Fake Sheikh'
Criminal charge
Conspiracy to pervert the course of justice
Criminal penalty
15 months imprisonment
Mazher Mahmood (born 22 March 1963) is a British journalist who was convicted of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Before his conviction, he worked mainly for the tabloid press. He spent 20 years working for the News of the World and the Sunday Times,[1] during which time he was responsible for numerous investigations,[2] including a reputed 94[clarification needed] that led to convictions.[3] He won Reporter of the Year in 2011, as well as Scoop of the Year and the Sports Journalists' Association award, for an investigation of cricket match-fixing. Later, from its foundation in 2012, he worked for the Sun on Sunday, successor to the News of the World.
Mahmood became known popularly as the "fake sheikh" because he often posed as a sheikh during the course of his investigations. In addition to numerous highly regarded public-interest investigations, he attracted allegations of breaking the law without any clear public-interest justification, including several episodes in which he was accused of entrapment.[4]
In July 2014, Mahmood was suspended from the Sun on Sunday after a trial collapsed against former X Factor judge and singer Tulisa, with concerns voiced by a judge that Mahmood might have perjured himself. In October 2016, Mahmood was jailed for 15 months after being found guilty of conspiring to pervert the course of justice.[5][6]
^"Leveson Inquiry: Tabloid journalists defend paper". BBC News. 12 November 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2016. Giving evidence at the inquiry, Mr Mahmood said his work had led to more than 260 "successful criminal prosecutions". The journalist said he had written about 500 stories for the NoW and "a small fraction" involved celebrities, but they "never entrapped people".
^Cite error: The named reference CoFS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Burrell, Ian (21 August 2012). "Fake Sheikh's editor fails to find evidence for his grand claim to Leveson". The Independent. ESI Media. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
^"R v JOHN JAMES SHANNON (AKA JOHN JAMES ALFORD) (2000)". London Criminal Courts Solicitors' Association. 14 September 2000.
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"'Fake Sheikh' Mazher Mahmood guilty over Tulisa case". BBC News. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
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"'Fake Sheikh' Mazher Mahmood jailed over Tulisa case". BBC News. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
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