By calling Mr. Blake and Mr. Seymour paedophiles, Mr. Fox subjected them to a wholly undeserved public ordeal. It was a gross, groundless and indefensible libel, with distressing and harmful real-world consequences for them.
The judge said Mr Fox's comments had been distinctively homophobic towards the claimants, writing: Their vulnerability to reputational harm by this libel was exacerbated by their national profile on LGBTQ+ issues and the safeguarding matters engaged by the.
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