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March 5, 2009

Madeleine McCann fund PR sues The People for libel

By Sarah Limbrick

Public relations expert Justine McGuinness, who acted for Kate and Gerry McCann’s Find Madeleine Fund, is suing Mirror Group Newspapers for libel damages.

McGuinness, who spent three months working as a communications strategist for the fund, is suing over a story in The People in October 2007 which she said was defamatory.

The front page story, headed: “Woman who cost Maddie fund £51k” was also published on the paper’s website.

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