Mosley and McCann quizzed

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Madeleine McCann's father and motorsport boss Max Mosley have put the UK's media laws under the spotlight as they spoke of how they had been damaged by newspaper reports.

The two men told MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport Committee of their battles to clear their names.

Mr Mosley said his legal fight over a report that he took part in a "sick Nazi orgy" cost him money and his dignity, even though he won the case.

And Gerry McCann described how he and his wife Kate resorted to suing British newspapers for libel because they felt negative stories about them were distracting from efforts to find their missing daughter.

Mr Mosley, 68, president of motorsport governing body the FIA, was awarded a record £60,000 in privacy damages against the News of the World last year over the Nazi claims.

But he said the ordeal caused irreparable damage to his reputation and left him £30,000 out of pocket.

Giving evidence to the committee's ongoing inquiry into press standards, privacy and libel, Mr Mosley described his shock and anger when he saw himself on the front of the best-selling Sunday tabloid.

He said the feeling was worse than thieves taking all his goods and money, adding: "If someone takes all your goods and money, you've got some chance of replacing it.

"If someone takes away your dignity, you will never replace it.

"No matter how long I live or where in the world I am, people know about it."

-Nova

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