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| 'Plebgate' libel case: 'Police lied' about Mitchell | 'Plebgate' libel case: 'Police lied' about Mitchell |
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| Police span a "web of lies" that led to the "Plebgate" campaign of "vitriolic" newspaper stories against ex-chief whip Andrew Mitchell, a court has heard. | Police span a "web of lies" that led to the "Plebgate" campaign of "vitriolic" newspaper stories against ex-chief whip Andrew Mitchell, a court has heard. |
| Mr Mitchell resigned in 2012 after the Sun reported he had called Downing Street officers "plebs". | Mr Mitchell resigned in 2012 after the Sun reported he had called Downing Street officers "plebs". |
| He is suing News Group Newspapers, with his lawyers saying the police account of the incident was "wholly false". | He is suing News Group Newspapers, with his lawyers saying the police account of the incident was "wholly false". |
| He accepts that he swore when police refused to open a Downing Street gate for him to leave on his bicycle. |