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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jess Glass

‘Enormous amount of offensive material’ published about Chris Packham, tigers libel trial hears

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Chris Packham has had an “enormous amount of puerile, offensive and damaging material” published about him, the High Court has heard at the start of his libel claim.

The TV naturalist, 61, is suing three men over nine articles which claimed he defrauded people into donating to a charity to rescue tigers while knowing the animals were well looked after, described in court as “tiger fraud”.

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