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Article: Man named as suspect in Madeleine McCann disappearance awarded 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 an apology and 600,000 pounds (US$1.2 million) in libel damages Thursday from nearly a dozen British newspapers that claimed he was involved in her abduction.
Lawyers for both sides said the papers had agreed to pay Robert Murat's legal costs as well as the damages. The settlement was formalized with a joint statement at the High Court in London.
Murat sued the Sun, Daily Mirror, Daily Mail and other daily and Sunday tabloids over stories _ often lurid and based on anonymous sources _ claiming he was involved in Madeleine's May 2007 disappearance.
Outside court, Murat blasted ...