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Becky Vardy hops on a helicopter in Mykonos as she heads home to resume Wagatha Christie libel case with Coleen Rooney
Rebekah Vardy has flown home ahead of the continuation of her court case with Coleen Rooney (Picture: Backgrid/Getty)
Rebekah Vardy has been spotted leaving Mykonos by helicopter ahead of her libel case with Coleen Rooney resuming.
Becky, 39, has been making the most of lockdown restrictions easing as she jetted off to the Greek island for a sunny break with friends.
She was spotted heading to a helicopter near her hotel as her holiday came to an end, before boarding to leave the island.
The ‘Wagatha Christie’ court case, so-called due to the apparent detective work Coleen had done before alleging that Rebekah had sold stories on her to the press, is due to resume in September.
The controversy began in 2019 when Coleen posted about Rebekah’s Instagram account allegedly being the only one that could view false stories she had planted to find out who was leaking them to the press, which Rebekah has strongly denied was her.
Coleen had scored a victory in the case last month after Rebekah was ordered to pay £10,500 towards her legal fees amid the High Court battle.
Becky made the most of the final day of her trip as she soaked up the sun on the Greek island (Picture: Backgrid)
She was seen boarding a helicopter as she began her journey home (Picture: Backgrid)
A judge had also rejected Rebekah’s bid to remove substantial parts of Coleen’s defence relating to her connection to The Sun newspaper and its The Secret Wag column.
A source told the Daily Mail: ‘Coleen’s legal team will present further evidence concerning Rebekah Vardy’s dealing with The Sun and links with The Secret Wag.
‘There are lot of people with knowledge of her long term relationship with the newspaper and how it worked. The ruling could open a Pandora’s Box for Rebekah.’
Her court case with Coleen Rooney is due to resume in September (Picture: Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)
Charlotte Harris of law firm Kingsley Napley, representing Rebekah, hit back to add: ‘The Judge has struck out about 10 pages of material from Mrs Rooney’s defence as irrelevant or a waste of court time.
‘Mrs Rooney has to re-plead the part of her public interest defence which was said by the Judge to be ‘impermissible’.
‘This is now Mrs Rooney’s third attempt at a putting forward a defence to Mrs Vardy’s libel claim. She has been ordered to cover the costs of this exercise and Mrs Vardy’s costs of amending her Reply.
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‘The Judge made three costs orders – two in favour of Mrs Vardy and one in favour of Mrs Rooney for £10,500.’
She added: ‘Mrs Vardy is not the Secret Wag. The Judge has made clear that the identity of the Secret Wag does not go to the core issues and has reserved the ability to cut out or limit this issue in the future. Mrs Vardy is completely confident that she will succeed at trial.’
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