Closing submissions to begin at Johnny Depp’s libel trial

After almost three weeks, the biggest English libel trial of the 21st century is drawing to a close.

Johnny Depp’s case against News Group Newspapers (NGN), publisher of The Sun, and its executive editor Dan Wootton over a 2018 article which labelled him a “wife beater” has gripped the global media.

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