LAURENCE Fox has been ordered to pay £180,000 in damages to two people he called paedophiles after losing a High Court libel battle.The Reclaim Party founder - who said at the time that he would boycott the supermarket - counter-sued the pair and broadcaster Nicola Thorp over tweets accusing him of
At a hearing in March, Lorna Skinner KC, for Mr Blake and Mr Seymour, had said the pair should receive "at least six-figure sums" from Mr Fox, calling a suggestion the pair should only receive a "modest" award "nonsense". He said in a post on X: "I don't know what the judge will award these people. But the costs of these proceedings are enormous. So a whopper of a cheque is getting written in theused maliciously across the west and that is a very concerning trend. So enjoy the victory guys and I hope it is short lived!"
The barrister added: "The outcome of this long-running case literally could not be better known than it is already.