Frankie Boyle has revealed he will give the money he won in a recent libel case against the Daily Mirror to prisoner campaign charity Reprieve.
The Scottish comedian went to the High Court to seek damages from the newspaper after it described him as a 'racist' in a story in 2011.
Frankie Boyle has handed more than £50,000 to a charity (PA) Earlier this week, he won the case and was awarded £54,650, which he has now said will go straight to the campaign group.
Announcing the significant donation on Twitter, Boyle wrote: 'Here's the good people I'm giving my damages to. They do a lot of inspiring work.'
He followed it up with a link to Reprieve's website and urged his followers to take a look when they have a few spare moments.
Reprieve works to ensure human rights laws are upheld and used in cases concerning people such as those on death row or in Guantanamo Bay.
Clive Stafford Smith, director of the organisation, said the comic's gesture was 'very generous' and greatly appreciated.
'The funds will be put to good use for those people who need it,' he told the BBC.
Boyle had originally made the damages claim after suggesting the Daily Mirror's use of the word 'racist' had been defamatory and unjust.
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