Ray Hadley to pay $280,000 for defaming woman Shock jock Ray Hadley has been ordered to pay $280,000 in damages to a north-west Sydney fish and chip shop owner whom he described as "vile" and a "grub" during a defamatory on-air tirade. PT1M9S http://www.smh.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-2zmn7 620 349 December 19, 2013 - 3:14PM Radio commentator Ray Hadley has been ordered to pay $280,000 in damages to a former fish and chip shop owner whom he described as "vile" and a "grub" during a defamatory on-air tirade, with the judge expressing the hope that the broadcast would now be laid to rest "in the gutter from which it came." Hadley publicly attacked Kim Ahmed over her decision to stand by her husband, Emran, after he was convicted of indecently assaulting a teenage girl in the cool room at Seafood Lovers, the shop they owned at the Carlingford Court shopping centre in Sydney's north-west. Ahmed received a suspended 12-month sentence. Ms Ahmed took out an Apprehended Violence Order (AVO) against the father of the victim, claiming he had been loitering near the shop and she was scared and intimidated by him. The day after Ahmed lost his appeal in the District Court in May 2008, Hadley interviewed the victim's father and ended the segment with an "unbridled tirade" against Ms Ahmed which was "spat into the microphone," acting Justice Nicholas said. Payout: Kim Ahmed. Hadley told 2GB listeners: "If this bloke [Emran Ahmed] has any connection with [the fish shop] and his grub of a wife, they should completely and utterly be sent out of business." He later described an AVO complaint Ms Ahmed took out as "frivolous, vexatious and without substance," describing her as "a silly woman." Ms Ahmed said the broadcasts, made in 2008 and 2009, had "destroyed" her "excellent reputation" and this month a jury agreed, upholding her claim for defamation. On Thursday, acting Justice Henric Nicholas ordered Hadley to pay $280,000 in damages for the two broadcasts, and left open the possibility that he would also have to pay interest on this sum, as well as Ms Ahmed's legal costs, likely to run into hundreds of thousands of dollars. Ms Ahmed, who sold the shop in 2008 and now works as a community mental health worker, said she works with victims of physical and sexual abuse on a daily basis and stood by her good reputation. Hadley has stood by his comments and refused to apologise.