Judge throws out 70,000 defamation case against Sports Direct linked to row over trainers
News Source : The Irish Times
News Summary
- Judge Sarah Berkeley threw out a €70,000 Circuit Civil Court damages claim for defamation brought by Faisal Ahmed against the retailer.
- Ahmed claimed he was told by staff during a dispute about the price he was charged: “You are lying, get out of here, you are bullying staff” The judge told barrister EJ Walsh, for the defendants, that “a telling video” of the incident in Dublin city centre convinced the court Ahmed was not the victim of racist remarks.
A judge has said she did not believe a man was called a thief and a liar by staff at a Dublin city centre Sports Direct store during an incident that arose over the purchase of a pair of trainers.J [+2059 chars]
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