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Fri 06 Jun 2009Newspaper report on contract 'a lie', Leech tells court
COMMUNICATIONS consultant Monica Leech told the High Court yesterday she has spent 4½ years trying to clear her name of false allegations that she had an affair with a government minister.
Ms Leech described as “a lie” a newspaper report that she secured a contract with the Department of the Environment in controversial circumstances. She won the contract “on merit” following an open competitive process, she said.
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