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Article: Man named as suspect in Madeleine McCann disappearance accepts libel damages from news outlets
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- July 17, 2008
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A man named by police as a suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann won 600,000 pounds (US$1.2 million) in libel damages Thursday from nearly a dozen British newspapers, his lawyer said.
Robert Murat's lawyer, Louis Charalambous, said the papers had agreed to pay Murat and to issue an apology. The settlement was formalized with a joint statement at the High Court in London on Thursday.
Murat sued the Sun, Daily Mirror, Daily Mail and other daily and Sunday newspapers over stories _ often lurid and based on anonymous sources _ claiming he was involved in Madeleine's disappearance.
The eleven newspapers had no immediate comment on the libel award.
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