Newspaper denies pressuring journalist to wipe 'cocaine tape'

A newspaper editor today denied his staff put so much pressure on journalist Justine Delaney Wilson that she was forced to destroy an alleged recording of a government minister admitting he took cocaine.

Newspaper denies pressuring journalist to wipe 'cocaine tape'

A newspaper editor today denied his staff put so much pressure on journalist Justine Delaney Wilson that she was forced to destroy an alleged recording of a government minister admitting he took cocaine.

Ted Verity, Editor-in-Chief of The Irish Mail on Sunday, said the author’s attempt to blame the publication for her decision to get rid of the admission was ludicrous and defamatory.

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