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| Andrew Mitchell in £80,000 libel payout to 'Plebgate' PC | |
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| The police officer at the centre of the "plebgate" row has accepted £80,000 in damages from Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell. | |
| A judge ruled last year the MP probably had called PC Toby Rowland, an officer on duty at Downing Street's gates, a "pleb". | |
| Mr Mitchell accepted using bad language but said he had not used that word. | |
| The ex-chief whip has already paid £300,000 in legal costs to the Sun newspaper and the Police Federation. | |
| He lost a high-profile action against News Group Newspapers, publishers of the Sun in November. | |
| A judge said he had reached the "firm conclusion" that Mr Mitchell had used the "politically-toxic" word "pleb" in September 2012 when he was not allowed to cycle through the main Downing Street vehicle gates. | |
| PC Rowland's lawyer, Jeremy Clarke-Williams, told Mr Justice Warby that since that judgment Mr Mitchell "has abandoned the other defences he had raised to my client's claim and consequently terms of settlement have been agreed". | |
| The solicitor added: "The payment of £80,000 damages by Mr Mitchell sets the seal on PC Rowland's vindication, as well as providing compensation for the injury to his reputation and the distress caused to him and his family over many months." | |
| Neither Mr Mitchell nor Pc Rowland was in court. |