Chris Packham awarded £90,000 damages in libel case
by Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#6BX2B)
Naturalist wins claim over articles on Country Squire Magazine website that accused him of lying about charity
Chris Packham said he has been vindicated after a judge found that he had been subjected to an online ideological campaign, accusing him of fraud and dishonesty, before awarding him 90,000 in libel damages.
The prominent naturalist found his character, speech impediment and Asperger syndrome mocked in articles published on the Country Squire Magazine (CSM) website, which also accused him of lying to raise funds for a charity of which he is a trustee.
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