 On 3 June 2015, Coulson was acquitted after the case against him was dismissed by a judge.The cases against Wight and Bird were also dropped without coming to trial.On 20 July 2012 it was reported that Lothian and Borders Police had referred a police officer who interrogated Gail Sheridan to the Procurator Fiscal, on the basis that criminal offences may have been committed during one of her interviews.