Sydney surgeon awarded $480k over online defamation

By Michaela Whitbourn
Updated June 10 2017 - 6:48am, first published 6:40am

A Sydney surgeon who was subjected to a "vicious" campaign of harassment by a former patient, including an offensive website and death threats, has been awarded $480,000 in damages for defamation, after a judge lauded him as the "perfect plaintiff".