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'The revelations are particularly damaging for Stephenson because Wallis, known to his Fleet Street colleagues as "the Wolfman", was also retained by Champneys to manage its public relations. A spokesperson for the Met said the commissioner was unaware of Wallis's connection with the Hertfordshire spa when he accepted its hospitality.
Stephenson and his wife stayed on full board over a five-week period while he recuperated from hospital treatment. In a statement, the Met said the meals and accommodation, estimated to have been worth around £12,000, were arranged and paid for by the spa's managing director Stephen Purdew. The statement describes Purdew as a "personal family friend".'
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of course he was, poor innocent 