Johnny Depp refused permission to appeal against High Court libel judgment

Johnny Depp attended the 16-day trial (Yui Mok/PA)

Johnny Depp has been refused permission to appeal against a High Court ruling which concluded that he assaulted his ex-wife Amber Heard.

The 57-year-old sued The Sun’s publisher, News Group Newspapers (NGN), over a 2018 article which labelled him a “wife beater”.