Rachel Riley claims a tweet published by Laura Murray caused her serious harm
Murray s tweet accused her of saying Corbyn deserves to be violently attacked
Row began after an egg was hurled at Corbyn during a visit to a London mosque
Riley retweeted a post by Guardian columnist Owen Jones about a similar egg assault on former British National Party leader Nick Griffin in January 2019
Jones had commented: If you don t want eggs thrown at you, don t be a Nazi
Riley retweeted it with words good advice followed by a rose with an egg emoji
Rachel Riley faces ex-Jeremy Corbyn aide at High Court libel trial
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image captionRachel Riley said Laura Murray s tweet had caused serious harm to her reputation
TV presenter Rachel Riley and a former aide to ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn have been giving evidence at a libel trial brought by the Countdown star.
Ms Riley sued Laura Murray over a 2019 tweet that called her dangerous and stupid for an earlier post the personality had sent about My Corbyn.
On Tuesday, Ms Murray told London s High Court that Ms Riley s original tweet was deliberately provocative .
Ms Riley said Ms Murray was aware that she would encourage more hate .
By Press Association 2021
Rachel Riley arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice in London
Television presenter Rachel Riley has told a High Court judge that she thinks an aide to then-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn who described her as “dangerous” and “stupid” in a tweet two years ago was blowing a “dog whistle”.
Ms Riley, 35, a numbers expert on Channel 4 game show Countdown, told Mr Justice Nicklin how she believed Laura Murray was aware that the March 2019 tweet would “encourage more hate”.
She has sued Ms Murray for libel, wants damages, and says the tweet caused “serious harm” to her reputation.
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By Press Association 2021
Rachel Riley
A High Court judge is set to oversee a libel fight between television presenter Rachel Riley and a former senior aide to ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Ms Riley, 35, who appears in the Channel 4 show Countdown, says she was libelled in a tweet posted by Laura Murray.
Ms Murray has disputed the claim.
Mr Justice Nicklin is listed to begin overseeing a trial at the High Court in London on Monday.
Detail of the dispute was outlined in a preliminary ruling published by Mr Justice Nicklin in April 2020.
Ms Murray had posted the tweet on March 3 2019, after an egg was thrown at Mr Corbyn, who was then the Labour leader, by a Brexit supporter when he was visiting Finsbury Park Mosque, in north London.