Christopher Lillie and Dawn Reed were each awarded 200,000 in damages by the libel case judge, Mr Justice Eady, who said the review team 'acted with malice' by repeating the allegations in their report. Ian Stratford, chief executive of the city council, said, 'The City Council fully accepts Justice Eady's judgement that Dawn Reed and Christopher Lillie are innocent of all the allegations against them.
'The council regrets the suffering these events have caused them. Our sympathies remain with all the people affected by this case.'
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