Paddy Jackson (left) with his father Peter outside at a Belfast court during his son’s rape trial. File photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images
The father of rugby player Paddy Jackson has been awarded £100,000 in libel damages for false claims he tried to pay off the complainant at the rugby star’s rape trial, a judge in Northern Ireland ruled on Tuesday.
Peter Jackson secured the judgment against reality TV personality Danielle Meagher over the lies she posted on social media.
Delivering judgment at the High Court in Belfast, Master Mark Harvey insisted ther
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