By Press Association 2021
Rachel Riley
Television presenter Rachel Riley is waiting to hear whether she has won a damages fight after suing a former aide to Jeremy Corbyn for libel.
Ms Riley, 35, a numbers expert on the Channel 4 show Countdown, sued Laura Murray, 32, over a tweet posted two years ago.
Mr Justice Nicklin has finished overseeing a three-day trial at the High Court in London, and said he would deliver a ruling on a date to be fixed.
The judge heard evidence from Ms Riley and Ms Murray earlier in the week and on Wednesday lawyers representing both women made final legal submissions.
Rachel Riley claims a tweet published by Laura Murray caused her serious harm
Ms Murray, who took role as Labour s complaints chief in 2019, denies the claim
Row began after an egg attack on Jeremy Corbyn during a London mosque trip
Countdown star Ms Riley is suing former Corbyn aide Ms Murray for libel at court
Former Labour staffer s tweet described Ms Riley as stupid and dangerous and accused her of saying the then Labour leader deserves to be violently attacked
Television presenter Rachel Riley has told a High Court judge that she worried about the security of her job after an aide to former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn described her as dangerous and stupid in a tweet. Ms Riley, 35, a numbers expert on Countdown, told Mr Justice Nicklin that Laura Murray s tweet in March 2019 incited hate and caused people to try to get her sacked. Ms Riley has sued Ms Murray for libel and damages, saying the tweet caused serious harm to her reputation. Ms Riley told a High Court trial that her agent had arranged a meeting with a programming head at Channel 4, and she had to explain that Ms Murray had misrepresented what she had written in an earlier tweet.