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

Noel Clarke claimed he was a victim. Twenty-six witnesses painted a very different picture

Illustration with fragments of Noel Clarke's face with ragouts of headlines and women's silhouettes.
Noel Clarke said a ‘blanket [modern] lens’ had been cast on his past actions. Composite: Guardian Design/Rex/Shutterstock / Getty Images

“I think the world has just changed,” Noel Clarke told the judge while giving evidence in his libel case against the Guardian. “I think we can all agree that things that were acceptable 10, 20 years ago are just no longer acceptable.”

While the actor also vehemently denied many of the claims against him, that, in essence, was one of the arguments he presented to the court.

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