Countdown star Rachel Riley has been awarded £10,000 in damages after suing Laura Murray, a former aide to Jeremy Corbyn, for libel.
The TV presenter was awarded the damages by a High Court Judge over a tweet posted by Murray over two years ago.The High Court case took place in London in May but Mr Justice Nicklin delivered a ruling on Monday, December 20, the Press Association has confirmed.He heard that both women tweeted after Mr Corbyn, who was Labour leader at the time, was hit with an egg when he visited a mosque in March 2019.Ms Riley had posted a screenshot of a tweet from January 2019 by Guardian columnist Owen Jones regarding an attack on former British National Party leader Nick Griffin which read: "I think sound life advice is,.
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