Pub is forced to pay £75,000 in damages for defaming customers

A family wrongly accused of leaving a restaurant without paying their £150 bill have been awarded £75,000 in damages. Peter and Ann McGirr were maligned by bosses at the Horse and Jockey in Tideswell who condemned them for their 'shocking behaviour' in a public Facebook post. The couple, with their two children, ate two £27 10oz ribeye steaks with all the trimmings and two £15.25 Derbyshire gammon steaks, washed down with several real ales and lagers.