Tia neighbour 'deliberately lied'
A neighbour of the grandmother of Tia Sharp was convicted of wasting police time by giving a false statement that he had seen her alive.
Prosecutor: Meehan 'deliberately lied' about Tia Sharp
Jocelyn Ledward, prosecuting, said Paul Meehan had "deliberately lied" possibly to put himself in an important position in what was then a missing persons inquiry.
She said it was possible that he was attention seeking and was "puffed up" by being important to the inquiry.
District Judge Karen Hammond said Meehan was unreliable.
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