Victim wants Hadley to pay $330,000 Found guilty of defamation: Ray Hadley. A Carlingford fish-and-chip shop owner is seeking more than $330,000 in damages from radio broadcaster Ray Hadley over two on-air tirades in which he described her as "vile" and a "grub," claiming the commentator had pursued a "vendetta" against her. This month, a NSW Supreme Court jury found Kim Ahmed had been defamed by Hadley when he publicly attacked her decision to stand by her husband, Emran, after he was convicted of indecently assaulting a teenage girl. He later described an AVO complaint Ms Ahmed took out against the teenager's father as "frivolous, vexatious and without substance" describing her as "a silly woman." On Thursday, a damages hearing heard that Ms Ahmed is seeking $330,000 in general damages plus an unspecified amount of aggravated damages. "It is not proper for somebody in Hadley's position to encourage listeners to put a person out of business simply because she seeks to support her husband through a criminal conviction," Ms Ahmed's barrister, Roger Rasmussen said. He said that a large damages award was required so that "if the comments are to resurface in the future the plaintiff can point to the size of the judgment and say 'this is a terrible defamation' that the defendant brought upon us." Mr Rasmussen said Hadley had pursued a "vendetta" against his client, pointing to a series of broadcasts in 2007 which, while not referring to Ms Ahmed, encouraged listeners to put the fish-and-chip shop out of business. The court heard that Ms Ahmed had suffered significant distress, including being reluctant to leave her Blacktown home. When she went to work security guards and other shopkeepers would "snicker," Mr Rasmussen said, and she would often break down. "Sometimes I would go out the back and cry for five minutes and just try and pull it together," Ms Ahmed said during the trial. Counsel for Hadley, Sandy Dawson, SC, countered that some of this distress could be attributed to the conviction of Ms Ahmed's husband and the "criminal proceedings generally." Acting Justice Henric Nicholas reserved his decision.