Infowars founder Alex Jones appeared at his Sandy Hook defamation trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury on October 4, but was not present when the jury reached a verdict (Picture: Reuters)

A jury has reached a verdict on how much money conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay the families of victims of the Sandy Hook mass shooting.

The jury’s decision was not read out immediately in a Connecticut court on Wednesday afternoon, as Judge Barbara Bellis sent jurors back to complete a verdict form.

Jones must pay families for claiming that the victims were acting and faked the deadly massacre.

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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay families for claiming that the victims were acting and faked the deadly massacre.