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Article: Murat and associates win at least pounds800,000 for libel over maddie links ; Robert Murat and two Algarve associates have accepted at least pounds800,000 libel damages over false claims linking them with the abduction of Madeleine McCann.
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- Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)
- Article date:
- July 18, 2008
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Robert Murat and two Algarve associates have accepted at least
pounds800,000 libel damages over false claims linking them with the
abduction of Madeleine McCann.
The seriously defamatory allegations in nearly 100 articles were
entirely untrue and caused immense distress and damage, Mr Justice
Eady heard at London's High Court.
Mr Murat, his friend Michaela Walczuch and IT consultant Sergey
Malinka had each sued Associated Newspapers, Express Newspapers, MGN
Limited and News Group Newspapers.
Their solicitor, Louis Charalambous, said 34-year-old Mr Murat
would receive a record settlement of pounds600,000 to help him and
his family rebuild their lives, while Ms Walczuch and Mr Malinka had ...