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By Michael Cross2020-12-22T11:24:00+00:00
A scathing High Court judgment awarding damages to a man arrested in the aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing seems set to end the practice of news media identifying suspects from their own sources. In
Alaedeen Sicri v Associated Newspapers Limited, Mr Justice Warby ordered the Mail to pay damages totalling £83,000 to a Libyan man whom it named as the subject of a police statement about an arrest following the 2017 attack. Alaedeen Sicri was eventually released without charge.
According to the judgment, Sicri was identified by several newspapers following up a police press release that a 23-year-old man had been held in Shoreham-by-Sea. He brought an action against the Mail for breach of confidence and misuse of private information, claiming aggravated damages and special damages to compensate for financial loss.
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Man who was arrested and then released over terror attack wins £83,000 damages after details published
Man who was arrested and then released over terror attack wins £83,000 damages after details published A Libyan man has been awarded £83,000 in damages after his details were published online following his arrest in connection with the Manchester Arena terror attack. Alaedeen Sicri, 26, was arrested and subsequently released without charge in the wake of the bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in May 2017 in which 22 people were killed. Despite not being identified by Greater Manchester Police, MailOnline published his name, image and other personal details on May 29, following his arrest that day.
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image captionTwenty-two people died in the Manchester Arena bomb
A Libyan man arrested in connection with the Manchester Arena bombing has been awarded £83,000 in damages after his details were published online.
Alaedeen Sicri, 26, was held but later released without charge following the attack in 2017 which killed 22 people.
He was not identified by Greater Manchester Police but the MailOnline published his name, images and other details after his arrest on 29 May.
A High Court judge ruled his rights had been violated in doing so.
Mr Sicri sued MailOnline s publisher Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL) for damages for alleged misuse of private information after it named him, said he was a trainee Libyan pilot and used two photographs of him, taken from his own Facebook page.