Cases

Campbell v News Group Newspapers Ltd (No.2)

Facts

The claimant brought proceedings for libel against the defendants for alleging in the News of the World that he had (a) sexually abused children whom he had lured into his house; (b) made videos of the abuse and marketed those videos; (c) demanded money for the return of a video in which he was shown discussing children in a sexually perverted manner (the Bober video); (d) admitted watching children through peep-holes in public lavatories; and (e) generally had a perverted interest in children. The jury found for the claimant and awarded £350,000. The defendants appealed on quantum.

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