THE York policewoman at the centre of a corruption trial has denied giving confidential information to her doorman boyfriend.

Clare Woodall, 28, said at York Crown Court that she had never seen or knowingly touched the police incident log printout found in the possession of Paul Douglas, 30.

The jury has heard that it referred to violence involving Douglas outside the Gallery nightclub on December 27 2000 and gave the addresses and phone numbers of an attack victim and potential witnesses.

The York policewoman told the jury she was in love with him at the time, but denied that she was besotted with him.

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

Douglas did not give evidence in his own defence. In a statement he made to police - which was read to the jury - he said that Woodall gave him the log, but that he did not ask for it and he did not intend to visit the attack victim or witnesses as the prosecution allege.

The prosecution claim he obtained the log within a day or two of the attack.

From the witness box, Woodall said she did not know about the attack until late April when Douglas mentioned that police wanted to speak to him about it.

Douglas, who had told her he was working undercover for the Greater Manchester Police, said his bosses were "sorting it out".

She was about to go into hospital and did not ask any details. Douglas broke their relationship shortly afterwards.

Woodall told the jury that she would sometimes spend the night at his home and may have touched the log inadvertently. The court has heard that one of her fingerprints was on it.

She agreed with prosecution counsel John Burgess that it would have been wrong for her to give it to Douglas.

The trial continues.

Updated: 08:41 Friday, March 22, 2002