American movie star, Johnny Depp, has won the defamation case against his former wife, Amber Heard.

This brings to an end the six-week court case.

The jury has awarded Depp $15m in damages.

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Heard has also won part of her libel case against Depp over articles, in which her claims of domestic abuse were described as a hoax.

The jury has awarded Heard $2m in damages.

The seven-person jury on Wednesday, deliberated for 12 hours after being sent out to consider their verdicts on Friday.

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The verdict was met with screams outside the court and chants of “Johnny, Johnny, Johnny”.

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