Sømænd vinder mod Ekstra Bladet

Københavns Byret har afgjort, at Ekstra Bladet skal betale 600.000 kroner i godtgørelse til de to tidligere gidsler, skibsfører Eddy Lopez og styrmand Søren Lyngbjørn. Desuden skal Ekstra Bladet betale sagens omkostninger på 315.000 kroner. Gidslerne havde søgt godtgørelse for i alt en million kroner.

”Vi er tilfredse med at have fået medhold i, at Ekstra Bladets kampagne og dækning af gidselsagen var stærkt krænkende over for vores to medlemmer. Der er mig bekendt aldrig tidligere idømt så høje godtgørelser i dansk ret, hvor godtgørelsesniveauet i pressesager er lavt, men der er også tale om en meget aggressiv mediekampagne af hidtil uset omfang”, siger Fritz Ganzhorn, direktør for Søfartens Ledere, der førte sagen på vegne af de to søfolk.

De 600.000 kroner er en såkaldt tortgodtgørelse. De to sømænd, der blev holdt som gidsler i Somalia i 838 dage efter, at pirater havde kapret fragtskibet Leopard, mener, at Ekstra Bladets kampagne ”Skal Eddy og Søren rådne op i Somalia?”, var med til at forlænge hele sagen, selvom avisens intention var at få de to søfolk frigivet hurtigere.

Pressenævnet gav i øvrigt i december 2013 Ekstra Bladet kritik for i kampagnen at have videregivet private og personlige oplysninger.

De to sømænd blev sammen med deres fire filippinske kollegaer frigivet den 30. april 2013. De to danske sømænd har også kritiseret rederiet Shipcraft for ikke at have gjort nok for at få dem frigivet.

Kilde: dr.dk/Søfartens Ledere

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