Pet groomer gets €1,000 compensation after offensive Facebook posts
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A pet groomer who felt aggrieved by Facebook posts by a former customer on a site shared by some 12,000 members, has been awarded €1,000 in libel damages. Charmaine Martin, partner of PN candidate Wayne Hewitt, filed for libel earlier this year over commentPet groomer gets €1,000 compensation after offensive Facebook posts
A pet groomer who felt aggrieved by Facebook posts by a former customer on a site shared by some 12,000 members, has been awarded €1,000 in libel damages. Charmaine Martin, partner of PN candidate Wayne Hewitt, filed for libel earlier this year over comments posted by Jasmine Urry on the ‘Group PN’ Facebook site. It had all been sparked off by a message sent by Ms Martin in February 2018, informing Ms Urry that she would be resuming her pet grooming services after a temporary shutdown due to health reasons. That message was soon met with a firm ‘NO THANK YOU’ from Ms Urry who had traded comments with Ms Martin when the latter allegedly posted “insults towards our leader Dr Adrian Delia.” That message was soon followed up by a post on the ‘Group PN’ telling Ms Martin “that’s what you get when you mix work and politics,” with a clear reference to “Hewitt’s partner.” The following day, a second post published on the group page read “Sorry, but this is my truth. Don’t mix politics and work Charmaine (Hewitt’s partner)” All efforts to contact Ms Urry proved futile and although the police were called in to attempt to resolve the matter, Ms Urry refused to cooperate, prompting Ms... Read more