Rebekah's suffered public ridicule on massive scale

Her barrister tells of ongoing effect of Wagatha post

- TOM BRYANT

REBEKAH Vardy has suffered "public abuse and ridicule on a massive scale" as a result of Coleen Rooney's "Wagatha Christie" post, the High Court heard yesterday.

Making his closing arguments on the final day of the libel trial, Hugh Tomlinson QC, for Rebekah, said that she has suffered "very serious harm to her reputation" as a result of Coleen's post.

He added: "The media is full of jokes about this case.

"This is a case about Mrs Vardy and the way she has been treated by thousands, aps tens of thousands, of people on social media. She has been subjected to abuse that goes on to this day.