Original sentence: Dent Coad later apologised for "any offence caused".In the same blog post, she quoted an anonymous former neighbour of Bailey who had described him as a “free-loading scumbag”
Edited sentence: Dent Coad later apologised for "any offence caused" and persisted with her claim that she was just repeating what others had said.In the same blog post she quoted an anonymous former neighbour of Bailey who had described him as a “free-loading scumbag”