Paddy Christie (journalist)

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Paddy Christie (born c. 1945) is a Scottish journalist. She originally comes from Stonehaven

She initially worked on the Aberdeen Evening Express.

She then worked as a reporter for BBC Scotland's news programme Reporting Scotland . [1] She then moved to Scottish Television and reported for Scotland Today . [2]

She was in a relationship with Donald Findlay, a leading Scottish lawyer, from roughly 1994 to 1999. They first met some years earlier during her time as a court reporter. Towards the end of their relationship she was bothered by nuisance calls from a former colleague of Findlay. [3] [2] [4]

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  2. 1 2 "Woman who worked with Donald Findlay escapes fine Advocate censured over pest calls to QC's lover". HeraldScotland.
  3. "FINDLAY DUMPED BY TV LOVER Findlay dumped by his TV lover Christie; IT'S ALL OVER: RANGERS CHIEF SPLITS FROM NEWS GIRL PADDY. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com.
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