Clearing of Jonathan Aitken in Pinder-White libel action

Title

Clearing of Jonathan Aitken in Pinder-White libel action

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

2 Feb 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:03:45

Description

Report on the case and clearing of Conservative MP Jonathan Aitken in the malicious libel action brought in the High Court by a member of his constituency, Hazel Pinder-White, after he compared her in an article with Sue-Ellen Ewing, a character in the US television soap Dallas. Includes brief words by a male friend of Pinder-White and comment from Aitken. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Jonathan Aitken

Keywords

Libel; Trials; Jonathan Aitken; Verdicts; Dallas; Hazel Pinder-White; Sue-Ellen Ewing

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