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Peter A Walker

BrewDog boss wins case against online troll scammer

BrewDog chief executive James Watt has revealed the “considerable distress and anxiety” he suffered during an online smear campaign which also saw him scammed out of £100,000.

Lord Brailsford ruled in his favour at Edinburgh’s Court of Session and ordered Emili Ziem to repay him the money, plus more than £500,000 in expenses.

The judge stated that she conducted a scam which set up fake social media pages to spread damaging online rumours about the brewery boss.

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