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The trial is due to end on May 12, with a decision expected to be announced at a later date. In written arguments, Mr Wightman and Mr Bean said: ‘The statements complained of are serious and would convey a defamatory tendency were they not factual and bloody well true.’Ī preliminary ruling in March found the allegations to be defamatory and it was said the men ‘didn’t shy away from allegations Packham misused his role as a BBC presenter to defraud the public into making charitable donations on the false pretext that tigers had been mistreated by a circus and rescued by a zoo’. Lizzo tests positive for bacterial infection and reveals toll it's taken on her voice ‘Mr Read’s proofread version was then subjected to further amendment by Mr Wightman and/or Mr Bean before publication,’ he said in written submissions, adding that Mr Wightman had admitted responsibility. Five Memphis Cops Charged With Murder in Death of Tyre Nichols Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr., and Justin Smith had been fired for their role in a man's. ‘They were also fraudulent in that they were made with a view to a gain and constituted an abuse of his privileged position as a BBC presenter,’ he added.ĭavid Price KC, representing Mr Read, said that the retired computer programmer was a ‘mere proofreader’ and therefore not responsible for the publications attributed to him. ‘It is clear that the tigers had not been rescued from a circus, were not then in need of rescue, and were not rescued by Mr Packham,’ the barrister said in written submissions, stating that Mr Wightman and Mr Bean ‘contend Mr Packham knew the statements were false, and they were therefore made dishonestly’. Nicholas O’Brien, representing Mr Wightman and Mr Bean, said that the articles in the claim were true and could also be defended using the argument of public interest.
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Packham strongly denies the allegations, which were made in online articles (Picture: PA) Later, the actor was unwittingly featured in a series of online hoaxes that attempted to spread computer viruses and hack credit card information via fake news about his death.
