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| Andrew Mitchell shells out £80,000 over Plebgate incident | Andrew Mitchell shells out £80,000 over Plebgate incident |
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| The police officer at the centre of the Plebgate incident has accepted £80,000 in damages from former Government chief whip Andrew Mitchell, a High Court judge was told today. | |
| PC Toby Rowland accepted the money as settlement of his libel action against the disgraced politician. | PC Toby Rowland accepted the money as settlement of his libel action against the disgraced politician. |
| Mitchell was left with a huge legal bill following the failure of his two-year campaign to prove he was the victim of an orchestrated police conspiracy to bring him down following the September 2012 incident. | |
| A ruling in November found that he had probably used the word "plebs" during an angry outburst against police officers at the gates of Downing Street. | A ruling in November found that he had probably used the word "plebs" during an angry outburst against police officers at the gates of Downing Street. |
| More follows | More follows |
| Additional reporting by Press Association | Additional reporting by Press Association |