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Noel Clarke accuses Guardian writer of ‘fabricating’ proof in libel declare

By Editorial Board Published January 29, 2025 4 Min Read
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Noel Clarke accuses Guardian writer of ‘fabricating’ proof in libel declare

Clarke, who was current in courtroom for the most recent listening to, sporting a gray swimsuit and dark-rimmed glasses, vehemently denied any sexual misconduct or prison wrongdoing in an announcement launched on the time.

GNM is defending the authorized motion on the Excessive Courtroom in London on the grounds of fact and public curiosity.

At a listening to on Wednesday forward of a full trial, attorneys for Clarke utilized for GNM’s defence case to be struck out, however have been unsuccessful.

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Clarke received BAFTA’s rising star award in 2009. Pic: AP

Philip Williams, representing Clarke, mentioned in a written submission to the courtroom that they imagine there may be “overwhelming evidence not just of an attempt to pervert… but actual perversion of the course of justice”.

He additionally alleged there had been “deliberate and permanent deletion of personal correspondence between the three journalists that undertook the purported investigations, as well as fabrication”.

This makes it “impossible for the defendant to legitimately put forward a positive case that it reasonably believed publishing the defamatory articles were in the public interest”, he argued.

Mr Williams claimed two freelance journalists have been instructed to “carry out wholesale deletion” of threads on the encrypted messaging app Sign.

He additionally instructed the listening to that one of many messages mentioned: “Delete this entire thread. I’ll create a new thread which will likely be disclosable in court.”

One other message allegedly mentioned: “Can we delete all these threads and use the final thread from now on?”

In his written submissions, Mr Williams mentioned the messages illustrated “intent and taking steps to fabricate evidence”.

He described the alleged “destruction of evidence” as “widespread and wholesale”, and added: “It is something which they frankly admit.

“For instance, the claimant maintains that 4 different group chats have been set to auto-delete. That is admitted by the defendant.”

Mr Williams said it was “notable” the messages instructed the two more junior journalists to delete messages, and that there was also the creation of a “fastidiously curated thread”, which would assist the publisher’s case.

He added: “The crux of the strike-out utility is whether or not there had been perversion of the course of justice, or spoliation of proof which renders a good trial inconceivable.”

Gavin Millar, representing GNM, instructed the courtroom in written submissions that Clarke seeks to deprive the writer “of its right to the trial of its defences of truth and public interest”.

He described the appliance as “a poor and opportunistic one for which there is no adequate evidential basis” and mentioned it sought “to smear Guardian journalists and editors without any proper justification”.

Mr Millar added: “There is no evidence either that any evidence was ‘fabricated’.”

He instructed the courtroom: “None of this ‘evidence’ raises an arguable prima facie case of bad faith, still less criminal conduct against anyone.”

After the allegations emerged, Clarke had his BAFTA membership suspended and a number of other TV channels additionally lower ties with him.

Scotland Yard mentioned in an announcement in March 2022 that, following a radical evaluation by specialist detectives, officers determined that the knowledge they acquired didn’t meet the edge for a prison investigation.

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