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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Chris Packham awarded £90,000 damages in libel case

Chris Packham
Chris Packham found his character, speech impediment and Asperger syndrome mocked on the Country Squire Magazine website. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

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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