MP wins £30k libel damages from tw.at Murdoch over nazi claims.

[Tommy Tainant]

Labour MP Richard Burgon wins 'Nazi' libel case against Sun

The Labour MP Richard Burgon has won damages of £30,000 in his libel case against the Sun over a claim that a heavy metal band he performed with delighted in Nazi imagery.

The high court in London ruled that claims in the story, which ran under the headline “Reich and Roll: Labour’s justice boss ridiculed after he joins a heavy metal band that delights in Nazi symbols”, had caused the shadow justice secretary significant harm.

The article, published in April 2017, reported on Burgon’s decision to record a track with the Leeds band Dream Tröll. It alleged that the typeface used in a spoof Dream Tröll Twitter post entitled “We Sold Our Soul For Rock N Tröll” paid homage to the logo of the SS, which played a key role in the Holocaust.

Its pretty obvious where their inspiration came from . Metal bands are not known for their creativity. Looking at Burgons legal team I think that the damages will be dwarfed by the costs and these will rocket when they appeal. Bad day for Rupert.

 

[BlackFlag]

No free speech in the UK. The people who cheered Melania silencing free speech with her lawsuit there will be upset about this, no doubt.

 

[ABikerSailor]

You would think that a newspaper would have heard of Black Sabbath, and known that the "s" on the album cover was more than likely a copy of that.

Sheesh.........................I'm glad the paper got sued for trying to link him to Nazis from that album cover and lost.

If there had been double "ss" or one with a line dividing it so it looked like two, THEN the paper MIGHT have had a case.