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BBC TV star wins defamation claim over village Facebook post

Television personality Melissa Drabble and her husband have won substantial defamation damages after a neighbour accused Mr Drabble of driving while high on drugs.

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BBC television star Melissa Drabble and her husband Mark have won substantial damages after suing their neighbour for defamation in the High Court, the Daily Mail reported. The legal action followed a row over a village Bonfire Night event. [1]

The couple, who are both parish councillors, sought 75,000 pounds plus interest and legal costs for defamation and harassment from amusement firm boss Christopher Bramhall, according to the Daily Mail. Mr Bramhall posted accusations on a Facebook group page that has 3,800 members. [1]

In the online post, Mr Bramhall alleged that Mr Drabble was high on drugs while driving, according to the Daily Mail. The post also claimed that Mr Drabble had a knife on his person that police later seized. [1]

The legal victory forced the neighbour to make an apology, the Daily Mail reported. Mrs Drabble is known on television as the Reclaim Queen and appears on the program The Bidding Room. [1]

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In short

  • Melissa and Mark Drabble won substantial defamation damages in the High Court against neighbour Christopher Bramhall.
  • The couple sought 75,000 pounds plus interest and costs over a Facebook post made to 3,800 group members.
  • The post falsely accused Mr Drabble of driving while high on drugs and carrying a knife.
  • Christopher Bramhall was forced to make an apology following the court action.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]BBC The Bidding Room star wins £75,000 defamation fight against neighbour who is forced to make grovelling apology after village Bonfire Night rowDaily Mail, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Chill to grip Bonfire Night as temperatures dip into single digitsBBC News, 13h ago

Background

  1. [3]BBC One on Wikipedia
  2. [4]Bonfire Night on Wikipedia
  3. [5]Bonfire Night on Grokipedia
  4. [6]Kylian Mbappe apologises following backlash over Mao Zedong meme comments FTMQ News, 2d ago
  5. [7]Lufthansa wins bidding race to acquire stake in TAP Air Portugal FTMQ News, 21d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 7 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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