Comedian Boyle sues Mirror over 'racist' jibe

Comedian Frankie Boyle complained today that he had been libelled when a tabloid newspaper described him as “racist”.

Lawyers told the High Court in London that a Daily Mirror article which started with the words “Racist comedian Frankie Boyle” was defamatory.

A barrister told a jury that the newspaper also defamed Boyle, from Glasgow, by saying he had been “forced to quit” the BBC show Mock The Week.

Daily Mirror publisher Mirror Group Newspapers is disputing Boyle’s allegations in a trial expected to last a week.