LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Tessa Sanderson awarded damages from Mirror Group

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

28 Feb 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:01:09

Description

Olympic javelin champion and satellite television presenter, Tessa Sanderson has been awarded 30 thousand pounds in libel damages by a high court jury. The award against Mirror Group newspapers followed allegations that she stole her lover, Derrick Evans from his wife. James Bays reports.

Contributors

Tessa Sanderson; James Bays

Keywords

Newspapers; Crime; UK; Libel; Trials; Relationships; Sportswomen; Sunday Mirror; Verdicts; Sunday People; Mirror Group; Tessa Sanderson; Derrick Evans

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