The Wagatha Christie case: a strange story of bird poo, lost phones and the tabloid media
ourtroom 13 at the Royal Courts of Justice in London is not a glamorous place. The stage for the most-talked-about legal case in Britain, a defamation duel between two footballers’ wives, is a cramped, wood-panelled room with a scuffed floor. The toilets downstairs are clogged with nervous vomit. Becauseis a civil proceeding, there is no jury. Instead, the jury box opposite the witness stand is crammed with journalists.
s, to use the papers’ own blunt acronym. In 2006, a midriff-baring crew of models, singers and reality-contestants accompanied the England team to Germany for the World Cup. The tabloids soon realised thatnews and photos shifted papers and drove traffic, and this became staple content for the red tops . Nevertheless, the “Wagatha Christie case”, as it has been dubbed, is a rare feast for Britain’s popular print institutions.
“Arguing with Coleen is like arguing with a pigeon. You can tell it that you are right and it is wrong but it’s still going to shit in your hair” a romping, staccato vernacular born of the space-saving imperative that makes children “tots” and scientists “boffins”.
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