Anti-abortion group Precious Life has been ordered to pay a 'five-figure sum' in damages to a businesswoman over a libellous tweet.
An anti-abortion group has been ordered to pay a "five-figure sum" in damages to a businesswoman.
Ms Whearty, who previously ran a cafe in Belfast, sued over the post on the group's account three years ago.At one stage Ms Whearty had been accused of assaulting activists, but charges were later dropped by the Public Prosecution Service. Barrister Peter Hopkins said: "On 1 June 2019, a member of Youth for Life NI published a tweet on the twitter account @PreciousLifeCom concerning Barbara Whearty, which contained an untrue and defamatory allegation in respect of her conduct towards Youth for Life NI members in Cornmarket, Belfast on the same day.
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