
THE NEWS OF THE WORLD’S infamous ‘Fake Sheikh’ is reportedly in talks to take a senior journalistic role at the Sunday Times – amid fears by the newspaper’s parent News International that he could join a rival title.
The Guardian reports that Mazher Mahmood – best known for a series of ‘stings’ targeting Sarah Ferguson, Sven-Goran Eriksson and some senior Pakistani cricketers, where he would dress as a Saudi Arabian oil millionaire – could be taken on by the broadsheet title, in what would be seen as an unusual promotion for a tabloid journalist.
Mahmood, the NotW’s investigations editor, would be one of the few journalists from the fallen title to be given work at its upmarket stablemate – with other writers being restricted to offers in Siberia and Finland if they want to remain with News International.
Read the Guardian’s full report on the Mahmood talks >
Seriously: News of the World staff offered new jobs… in Siberia >
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