Leeds United chairman Ken Bates has been ordered to pay £10,000 to a former director after he was sued for harassment.

Melvyn Levi and his wife Carole claimed that they suffered stress after Bates made comments on the club radio station that allegedly likened Levi to "a fugitive".

The couple also claimed that Bates speculated over the state of their marriage in his match day programme notes.

Levi was awarded £10,000 in compensation but his wife's claims were rejected. Bates was also banned from discussing Levi's private life in public for two years.

Judge Mark Gosnell said: "Mr Levi has succeeded in his claim and has been awarded £10,000 and Mrs Levi's claim has failed.

"I cannot think of a better reason [to grant the injunction] than the delving into Mr Levi's private life in what is a commercial dispute between Mr Levi and Mr Bates which I hope will be resolved by someone else on another day."

Bates, 80, owned Chelsea before taking over at Elland Road, helping the Blues rise from the Second Division to the Premier League.