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April 6, 2009

People in libel payout to Gordon Brown fitness coach

By Dominic wireposts

The People has paid damages and costs to Gordon Brown’s fitness coach Millie Dobie.

On 10 August the paper published an article which included details about her private life .

In an apology printed on page two yesterday, the paper said: “We now recognise that the article was intrusive, contained inaccuracies, and should not have been published. We have apologised to Ms Dobie for the distress caused by our article. We have also agreed to pay her damages and legal costs.”

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