Sydney man awarded $20,600 over defamatory 'peeping Tom' emails | MWhitbourn
A 75-year-old man who was investigated by his employer after he was wrongly accused in emails of being a "peeping Tom" has been awarded $20,600 in damages for defamation.
The emails prompted the man's employer to launch an investigation. He was "exonerated more or less immediately",Judge Gibson said the man gave evidence that "as part of his employment activities, he held the unpaid position of chairperson of the strata committee". He said the defamatory emails and subsequent investigation by his employer made him feel "like I had somehow been charged with an offence and had to prove my innocence".
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