Chris Packham wins High Court libel claim over circus tigers raud case-Rachael O'Connor-Entertainment – Metro

Chris Packham has won his libel claim (Picture: Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock)

Chris Packham has won his High Court libel claim.

The star had been involved in a case against three men amid claims he had misled the public into donating to a wildlife charity to rescue tigers from circuses.

Packham sued the men over nine articles in the Country Squire Magazine which included allegations he had defrauded and ‘manipulated’ people into donating to a charity to rescue five tigers, claiming he knew the animals were well looked after.

The TV presenter denied the allegations, which relate to the Isle of Wight’s Wildheart Trust, in which he is involved.

He had sued the editor of the magazine, Dominic Wightman, as well as writer Nigel Bean and a third man, Paul Read.

He won the case against Wightman and Bean, but Justice Saini dismissed his claim against Read.

Announcing the ruling, the judge said Packham ‘did not commit any acts of fraud or dishonesty.’

Wightman and Bean have now been ordered to pay £90,000 in damages to TV personality Packham, according to PA.

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