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Evening Standard
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Miriam Burrell

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay $965 million to families of Sandy Hook shooting victims

Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay at least $965 million (£869 million) in damages to families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims for falsely claiming they were actors who faked the tragedy.

A US jury delivered the verdict on Wednesday, after a three-week trial in a state court in Connecticut. It far outstrips the $49 million (£44 million) Jones was ordered to pay by a Texas jury in a similar case in August.

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