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Countdown star Rachel Riley was left unable to sleep and bombarded with abuse after Jeremy Corbyn s former aide claimed she said he deserves to be violently attacked because he is a Nazi , the High Court heard today.
William Bennett QC told Mr Justice Nicklin that the tweet posted by Laura Murray about two years ago caused serious harm to Ms Riley, 35, who appears in the Channel 4 show Countdown.
Ms Murray is disputing the libel claim. Mr Justice Nicklin began overseeing the trial at the High Court in London on Monday and it is due to end later this week.
Countdownâs Rachel Riley appears in court for libel battle against former Labour aide
The gameshow presenter claimed tweets by an ex-Labour senior aide were libellous and caused serious harm to her reputation after she labelled Rachel âdangerousâ
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Countdown presenter Rachel Riley is appearing in court today for her libel claim against ex-senior aide to Jeremy Corbyn, Laura Murray.
Last modified on Mon 10 May 2021 18.29 EDT
The Countdown presenter Rachel Riley has told a high court judge that a tweet by an aide of the then Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, seriously harmed her reputation and led to a concerted campaign to get her fired.
Riley is suing Laura Murray over the tweet, posted a short time after Corbyn was hit by eggs thrown by a Brexit supporter during a visit to Finsbury Park mosque on 3 March 2019; the attacker was later jailed for 28 days for assault.
Shortly after the incident, Riley tweeted a screenshot of a January 2019 tweet by the Guardian columnist Owen Jones about an attack on the former British National party leader Nick Griffin, in which Jones said: “I think sound life advice is, if you don’t want eggs thrown at you, don’t be a Nazi.”
By Press Association 2021
Rachel Riley libel case
Television presenter Rachel Riley’s reputation was damaged when she was criticised in a tweet posted by a former senior aide to ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, a lawyer has told a High Court judge overseeing a libel trial.
William Bennett QC told Mr Justice Nicklin on Monday that the tweet posted by Laura Murray about two years ago caused serious harm to Ms Riley, 35, who appears in the Channel 4 show Countdown.
Ms Murray is disputing the claim.
Mr Justice Nicklin began overseeing the trial, at the High Court in London, on Monday.
The trial is due to end late this week.
Countdown’s Rachel Riley in court battle with former Jeremy Corbyn aide over ‘Nazi’ tweet
Television presenter sues for defamation after Twitter fracas broke out when the Labour leader was pelted with an egg
10 May 2021 • 8:03pm
Rachel Riley, wearing a visor to protect against Covid, arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice in London
Credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA
Rachel Riley on Monday claimed Jeremy Corbyn supporters attempted to get her sacked from her job at Countdown after a former aide accused her of labelling the former Labour leader a Nazi , the High Court heard.
The television presenter, 35, said she feared bosses Channel 4 would terminate her contract in the wake of a social media backlash after Laura Murray said she was as dangerous as she is stupid .