Original sentence: The court learned that Bessell had a contract with  The Sunday Telegraph, which was paying him £50,000 for his story
Edited sentence: Bessell, a nervous and very honest witness, revealed easily under examination by Carman that he had a contract with  The Sunday Telegraph, which was paying him £50,000 for his story.Carman, sensing weakness and unimpeded by the judge, went on to ask Bessell a rather improper question about whether he took any medication for any purpose; Bessell admitted to taking sleeping pills, Carman then pushing as to whether he was "addicted" and whether that, as opposed to insomnia, might cloud his moral judgement, to which Bessell replied that he supposed that it could