Stopping ‘bully’ Alex Jones will be the most important work you do, jury told

Alex Jones (Briana Sanchez/Austin American-Statesman via AP, Pool)

Alex Jones has been portrayed by a lawyer for Sandy Hook families as a bully and by his own attorney as a crank who should be ignored as a trial got under way to determine how much the conspiracy theorist should pay relatives for spreading the lie that the school shooting was a hoax.

The trial is being held in Waterbury, Connecticut, less than 20 miles from Newtown, where 26 children and teachers were shot dead in 2012.