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Originally Posted by jaysay
Think he's already got damages, sure I saw something on the news a couple of weeks ago
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Christopher Jefferies has accepted substantial damages from eight newspapers.
He rented a flat to Jo at his property in Canynge Road in Clifton and questioned as part of the investigation into her death last December – but later released without charge.
Legal action was taken against the papers after articles were published linking him with her murder.
At the High Court today, he was awarded substantial but undisclosed libel damages for what were “seriously defamatory” allegations against him.
The Sun, the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Daily Record, Daily Star and The Scotsman have all publicly apologised
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Jo Yeates: Landlord Awarded Libel Damages – Bristol Stuff