Sun files amended Plebgate libel defence claiming Andrew Mitchell called another PC a 'little shit'

The Sun has filed an amended defence to Andrew Mitchell's Plebgate libel claim, alleging that the former chief whip once referred to an officer as "a little shit".

Mitchell, Conservative MP for Sutton Coldfield, filed a claim for up to £150,000 last March after The Sun reported in a September 2012 front page story that he had called police "fucking plebs" after they wouldn't let him wheel his bicycle through the gates of Downing Street.

Mitchell described the allegation as "serious and offensive" in his claim form and said it was written to present him as "inexorably guilty". He also said that the paper was aware before publication that he denied using the words attributed to him.

The Sun filed a defence last May in which it “vigorously” defended the story saying that all the facts were “true in substance and in fact”.

And an amended defence filed in the High Court this month includes a number of other alleged confrontations between Mitchell and police.

The amended defence said: “[Mitchell] had on various occasions been rude and high handed towards police officers, used offensive or inappropriate language in dealing with them, and had shown a cavalier attitude to security. [Mitchell] had thereby demonstrated that he had little or no respect for the British police and holds them in very poor regard."[/i]

It claimed:

It's a big list  

http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/sun-files-amended-plebgate-libel-defence-claiming-andrew-mitchell-previously-called-another-pc

The hearing started yesterday.

"It's a big list"  

http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/sun-files-amended-plebgate-libel-defence-claiming-andrew-mitchell-previously-called-another-pc

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