Rachel Riley wins £10,000 damages over Nazi tweet
Countdown star Rachel Riley has been awarded £10,000 damages by a High Court judge after suing an ex-aide of Jeremy Corbyn over comments made on Twitter more than two years ago.
Riley, currently on maternity leave from the Channel 4 show, had complained about a tweet sent by Laura Murray.
Mr Justice Nicklin, who oversaw the case in May, said Ms Riley was “entitled” to “vindication”.
But he noted there had been a “clear element of provocation” by the TV star.
Reacting to Monday’s outcome, Ms Riley said she was “extremely pleased” to have won the case.
Both women in their 30s, the court heard, posted tweets after then-Labour party leader Corbyn was hit with an egg while visiting a mosque in March 2019.
Ms Riley posted a screenshot of a tweet by Guardian columnist Owen Jones about an attack on former British National Party leader Nick Griffin, which read: “I think sound life advice is, if you don’t want eggs thrown at you, don’t be a Nazi.”
“Good advice”, she added, with accompanying emojis of an egg and a red rose – which is the emblem of the Labour party.
In response, Ms Murray, who was stakeholder manager in Mr Corbyn’s office before going on to become the party’s head of complaints and then into teaching, later tweeted: “Today Jeremy Corbyn went to his local mosque for Visit My Mosque Day, and was attacked by a Brexiteer.
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