The court heard Metson had told "a pack of lies" to police when they visited the flat on 24 March 2023 after a report of a concern for Ms Bramley's welfare.

The former secretary of state went on to lament Carlson's penchant for pushing falsehoods and parroting Putin's "pack of lies about Ukraine."

In her 2008 interview with Mr Bradshaw, which was read to the inquiry, Mrs McDonald said she was accused by the investigator of telling him a "pack of lies".

"Your pack of lies unravelled. What you did was despicable."

He referred to her as the "leader of the pack of lies".