2024-02-09 20:35:00
Prince Harry with the Mirror, a major British media outlet An agreement was made to settle the phone hacking case. This media outlet will pay the prince regarding 1.3 million baht in damages and all legal expenses.
Foreign news agencies reported on February 9, 2024 that Prince Harry Duke of Sussex An agreement has been made with ‘Mirror Group Newspapers’ (MGN), whereby this media company will pay damages of approximately 300,000 pounds, or approximately 13.6 million baht, plus all legal expenses of the owner. male harry to settle a phone hacking case in which they were sued
Prince Harry and MGN have been in a legal battle for more than four years, with the Duke of Sussex accusing the media giant of Use various illegal methods Including phone hacking to obtain His Majesty’s information and use it to write at least 130 articles between 1996 and 2010
In December last year London’s High Court ruled there was evidence that Phone hacking is widely and regularly used within MGN, and at least 15 of the articles Prince Harry is suing have been cited. It is the result of the hacking of mobile phones of people related to His Majesty. MGN has been ordered to pay damages in the amount of 140,600 pounds or approximately 6.2 million baht.
for the latest deals This is the end of the remaining 115 articles of litigation filed by Mr. David Sherborne, Prince Harry’s lawyer. Revealed in front of London’s High Court on Friday, February 9, the agreement says MGN will pay all of Prince Harry’s legal costs. and pay additional damages as well
Mr. Sherborne did not specify. How much is the damages? But the BBC news agency reports that Prince Harry will receive damages totaling approximately 300,000 pounds.
MGN issued a statement stating that They are pleased that an agreement was reached. That allows them to move forward from events that happened many years ago. for which they have already apologized
However, it is possible that Prince Harry will sue Piers Morgan, the former editor of the Daily Mirror from 1995 to 2004, according to Sherborne’s statement. Call on the authorities to uphold the law and prove that no one is above the law. Including Mr. Morgan “Who knows very well what happened. As the judge said.”
“Even his employer knew that. There is no way to call him (Morgan) a witness to the truth,” Sherborne’s statement said. “His defamation of court decisions. and his attack following that Shows why Having a clear and detailed judgment is therefore important.”
The final statement said: “Our mission is far from over,” and Prince Harry wants to see it continue to the end.
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