Rebekah Vardy loses ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel case against Coleen Rooney

Rather than clearing name, ruling leaves Vardy with legal defeat and destroyed reputation

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A devastated" Rebekah Vardy has lost her libel case against Coleen Rooney, leaving her facing a bill for millions of pounds in legal costs as she claimed the judge had got it wrong".

In a damning high court judgment in the Wagatha Christie" case on Friday, Vardy was described as an untrustworthy witness" who was likely to have destroyed potentially crucial evidence on purpose.