Nine defamed British tourist with ‘coward punch’ broadcast, court finds

Bruce McClintock 2019-04-26 9:32 pm By Cat Fredenburgh | Melbourne

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Nine Network has been ordered to pay a British tourist $100,000 in a defamation suit over a news broadcast that aired following his acquittal on assault charges related to a brawl with rugby player that used the term “coward punch” to describe the dust-up.

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