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A senior judge has thrown out a “scandalous” attempt by Sinn Féin’s Gerry Kelly to claim he should be compensated by a Belfast Telegraph columnist who said that the Sinn Féin MLA shot a prison warder in the head.

The case related two two radio interviews in which journalist Malachi O’Doherty had stated Mr Kelly had shot a prison officer during the Maze escape.

The judge awarded journalist Malachi O’Doherty ‘both the costs of this application and the costs of the action on an indemnity basis’.

The case related two two radio interviews in which journalist Malachi O’Doherty had stated Mr Kelly had shot a prison officer during the Maze escape.

A libel action taken by the Sinn Féin Assembly member Gerry Kelly against writer and journalist Malachi O’Doherty has been

The case related two two radio interviews in which journalist Malachi O’Doherty had stated Mr Kelly had shot a prison officer during the Maze escape.

The case related two two radio interviews in which journalist Malachi O’Doherty had stated Mr Kelly had shot a prison officer during the Maze escape.

Belfast High Court strikes out libel action taken by SF member against journalist Dr Malachi O’Doherty

Judge rules social media posting did not cause any harm to SF vice-president’s reputation

Michelle O’Neill is to receive no award of damages for a former DUP councillor saying she will be “put back in her kennel”, the High Court ruled today.