Observer’s Carole Cadwalladr apologises for false claim against Arron Banks in now deleted tweet

Carole Cadwalladr arron banks libel appeal — Arron Banks and Carole Cadwalladr. Pictures: Reuters/Hannah McKay and Press Gazette

Carole Cadwalladr has apologised for wrongly claiming that prominent Brexiteer Arron Banks “had been found to have broken the law” in his role as founder of the Leave.EU campaign.

In a statement on Twitter this morning, the Guardian and Observer journalist said she accepted her tweet making this claim on 22 October this year was false and had deleted it.

She said: “On 22 Oct 2020, I tweeted that Arron had been found to have broken the law. I accept he has not. I regret making this false statement, which I have deleted. I undertake not to repeat it.