Just desserts

Remember Thakshila, the 16-year-old Sri Lankan girl our government forcibly sedated and deported back into the hands of her abusers? The case cost Lianne Dalziel her job as Immigration Minister, after she lied to the public about leaking documents in an effort to discredit the girl's case. But Dalziel didn't just stop at leaking documents - she also heaped abuse on the girl's lawyer, accusing her of unethical manipulation and of running a publicity campaign to stir public sympathy (in other words, of zealously representing her client). Now those accusations are coming back to bite her, in the form of a $3 million lawsuit for defamation. Frankly, it couldn't happen to a nicer person...