SEVERAL people could have provided doorman Paul Douglas with a copy of a confidential police log, York Crown Court heard.

Barrister Paul Greaney was giving the closing speech on behalf of York police dog handler Clare Woodall, who is accused of conspiring with the bouncer to pervert the course of justice.

The prosecution allege she gave him the police incident log of a violent incident outside the Gallery nightclub in which he was involved.

Mr Greaney suggested several other people who could have given Douglas the log, including a friend of his who was a police officer for a short time in 2001, Manchester police officers and Douglas's manager, Tony Stannard, through his contacts with licensing officers.

The jury has heard prosecution witnesses deny the allegations.

Woodall, 28, of Bishopthorpe, York, and Douglas, 30, formerly of Harrogate, deny conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Woodall denies misconduct as a police officer.

Mr Greaney reminded the jury that Chief Superintendent John Lacy and other police officers had told them that Woodall gave her heart to her work and took it very seriously. She had never been formally disciplined.

For Douglas, David Bradshaw suggested that prosecution witnesses had lied about their involvement with the log.

There was no evidence that the doorman had conspired to pervert the course of justice, and no one had intimidated witnesses to the violent incident, he said.

The trial continues.

Updated: 10:12 Saturday, March 23, 2002