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Claim for further damages over message board slur is rejected

A second claim by Lord Robertson for damages for defamation against the Sunday Herald, has been rejected by a judge.

In 2004 the former NATO Secretary reached an out-of-court agreement with the Scottish title, accepting a £25,000 payout after allegations about him were posted anonymously on the paper’s online message board in response to an article relating to the Dunblane massacre.