Martin Hibbert and his daughter Eve sued Richard Hall for harassment and data breaches after he claimed in many videos and a book that the Manchester Arena attack, which killed 22 people, was staged.
The couple sustained life-changing injuries in an attack carried out by an Islamist terrorist in May 2017, which also injured approximately 100 people.
Martin Hibbert was crippled from the waist down, and his 14-year-old daughter Eve sustained a catastrophic brain damage.
Hall claims that his activities, including photographing Eve Hibbert outside her home, were in the public interest and that “millions of people have bought a lie” about the attack.
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The High Court in London described him as an independent journalist and broadcaster who claimed “elements within the state and involving ordinary citizens (including the claimants)” participated in the “deception”.
He has claimed that they acted as “crisis actors” and that “no one was injured or killed,” the court stated.
Judge Karen Steyn decided in a 63-page decision that Hall had harassed the Hibberts with his “false narrative” but declined to rule on the data protection claim at this time.
Steyn accused Hall of “abusing media freedom” to justify his assertions for financial gain, which allowed him to continue his work.
