George Galloway aide accepts damages in libel case

A former aide to George Galloway has accepted undisclosed damages from the Respect Party leader over claims she conspired to run a dirty tricks campaign against him.

Aisha Ali-Khan brought libel proceedings after Mr Galloway published a statement on his website in October 2012.

Her solicitor, Mark Lewis, told Mr Justice Warby in London’s High Court it stated a very senior officer in SO15 (Counter Terrorism Command) had been feeding disinformation aimed at damaging him to a national newspaper and others and the officer had been aided by a member of sta ff.