Johnny Depp ‘did not receive a fair trial’, lawyers to tell Court of Appeal

Court sketch of Johnny Depp being questioned by David Sherborne (Elizabeth Cook/PA)

Johnny Depp “did not receive a fair trial” and the damning High Court ruling that he assaulted his ex-wife Amber Heard and put her in fear for her life is “plainly wrong”, his lawyers have told the Court of Appeal.

The Hollywood star sued The Sun’s publisher for libel after a 2018 column by its executive editor Dan Wootton labelled him a “wife beater”.