Claudio Grech, head of secretariat at the Ministry for IT and Government Investments, was yesterday awarded Lm1,000 in libel damages by Mr Justice Gino Camilleri.

Mr Grech claimed he had been libelled by a report on Super One TV which included allegations that later resulted were untrue.

The court declared that the report was libellous and defamatory and exposed the individual to public ridicule.

Mr Grech was assisted by lawyer Joe Zammit Maempel.

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