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| Legal action success for TV naturalist Chris Packham |
"IF anyone publishes or perpetuates lies about me or my conduct I will challenge them and I will win."
Thus spoke celebrity naturalist Chris Packham today after winning a defamation success he had brought against TV production company Fieldsports Channel Ltd and one of its presenters.
He had been wrongly accused of writing a fake death threat to himself.
As a result, the company will now have to pay an unspecified amount of damages to the broadcaster and contribute to his legal costs.
The BBC Springwatch presenter's solicitors, Leigh Day, say its client had been the subject of "an egregious slur against his reputation based on the flimsiest of evidence that failed to stand up to even the most basic form of scrutiny".
A post-hearing statement is still awaited from the TV company, but it is understood that, under the terms of the settlement, it will also have to issue an apology and a pledge not to repeat the defamation.
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