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Council welcomes judgement in blogger libel case

A blogger who tried to sue the Chief Executive of Carmarthenshire Council or libel has lost her case.

Jacqui Thompson criticised the council on her blog after she was made to leave a council meeting for trying to film it.

The High Court dismissed Mrs Thompson's claim, and has awarded the Chief Executive of Carmarthenshire Council £25,000 in damages.

Today the council and its Chief Executive have welcomed the judgement:

In the course of this long-running campaign, spanning 6 years, she has falsely accused individuals of corruption, lying, perjury, assault and theft.

Then on the one occasion the Council responded to her attacks Mrs Thompson secured the services of specialist libel solicitors and Counsel and sued for libel with the benefit of a conditional fee agreement with success fee.

Her intention was to stop the Council, including democratically elected members, from ever questioning why she is so critical of the Council.It is important that her attempts have failed and I am pleased for the staff who have been falsely accused that they have been completely vindicated by this judgment. My only regret is that Mrs Thompson has wasted a huge amount of time and money.

– Mark James, Carmarthenshire Council