Mahkamai a Burtaniya ta yanke hukunci a ranar 8 ga Oktoba, 2024, inda ta umarce David Hundeyin, wani jaridar bincike na Nijeriya, da biyan diyya ta £95,000 saboda zargin karya da ya yi wa Charles Northcott, wani jaridar BBC.
Hukuncin mahkamai ya kai wa Hundeyin hari mai tsanani saboda zargin da ya yi a cikin labarinsa mai taken “Journalism Career Graveyard,” inda ya zarge Northcott da amfani da matsayinsa ba daidai ba a lokacin samar da shirin BBC na “Sex for Grades”.
A cikin labarinsa, Hundeyin ya zarge Northcott da shiga cikin alaka ta jima’i ba daidai ba da Kiki Mordi, wata jaridar Nijeriya wacce ta yi aiki a matsayin mai gabatar da shirin. Ya kuma zarge cewa alakar ta asarar wata mai gudanarwa, Oge Obi, wacce Hundeyin ya yi imanin ita ce ta kirkiri shirin.
Northcott ya musanta zargin a gaban mahkamai kuma ya gabatar da shaidar asarar ta kaiwa aiki da kai.
Mahkamai ta amince da Northcott, ta bashi diyya ta £95,000, gami da diyyar lalacewa, don kare sunan sa da biyan diyyar asarar da labarin Hundeyin ya kawo.
Mahkamai ta umarce Hundeyin da cire labarin karya daga shafinsa na intanet, saboda kasa biyan umarni da aka baiwa a watan Yuli.
Hundeyin, wanda aka sani da halayensa na tsauri a intanet, bai halarci mahkamai ba ko kuma ba shi wakili a lokacin yanke hukunci.
