Noel Clarke claimed he was a victim. Twenty-six witnesses painted a very different picture

Inside the trial in which the actor claimed the Guardian’s sexual misconduct investigation was a conspiracy among people with grudges against him

• Clarke loses case against Guardian over sexual misconduct investigation

“I think the world has just changed,” Noel Clarke told the judge while giving evidence in his libel case against the Guardian. “I think we can all agree that things that were acceptable 10, 20 years ago are just no longer acceptable.”

While the actor also vehemently denied many of the claims against him, that, in essence, was one of the arguments he presented to the court.