Rebekah Vardy returns to witness stand as ‘Wagatha Christie’ trial continues

Mrs Rooney, 36, said she had carried out a “sting operation” and accused Mrs Vardy, 40, of leaking “false stories” about her private life to the press

Rebekah Vardy leaving the Royal Courts of Justice in London at the end of the first day of trial in her high-profile libel battle with Coleen Rooney (Victoria Jones/PA)

Rebekah Vardy returns to the witness box as her High Court libel battle with Coleen Rooney enters the second day of trial.

The two women sat just a few metres apart in a courtroom at the Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday as what has been dubbed the “Wagatha Christie” trial began.