Day 245 - 07 May 96 - Page 20
1 leaflet. That is correct; is it not?
2 A. I do not believe that is true.
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4 Q. You do not believe that is true. What is that is in your
5 statement there?
6 A. When you say "entirely differently leaflet", I do not
7 believe that is true; I think it is almost identical.
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9 Q. It is almost identical?
10 A. Possibly more serious.
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12 Q. Have you actually looked at that?
13 A. I have.
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15 Q. Perhaps you would like to look at it again. I think it is
16 in Publication Bundle 2, pink 2.
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18 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Pink 2, Mr. Riley by your head. Thank you.
19 A. Where am I looking?
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21 MS. STEEL: In tab 12A. You just have a look at that (Pause)
22 do they look anything like each other, Mr. Preston?
23 A. There is a cartoon in there which is similar to
24 something inside talking about the slaughterhouse and junk
25 food. There are references in here to rainforest. There
26 are references in here to food being a 4 letter word,
27 prefixed by the word "dog".
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29 Q. There may be similar criticisms, Mr. Preston, some of them
30 may be similar, but it is an entirely different leaflet, is
31 it not, clearly?
32 A. No. I dispute the "entirely" part. There are some
33 differences but hardly "entirely".
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35 Q. I do not have an original copy of the fact sheet but this
36 is normally half the size, this is enlarged. That one is
37 two sides of A4. This one is 6 sides of A5. Only one
38 cartoon is the same. Criticism of while they might cover
39 the same issues, they are expressed totally differently and
40 they are far more expensive in the one that you are
41 actually suing over currently, are they not?
42 A. Exactly my point, is it not? They are not entirely
43 different. In fact, I think in some regards as or more
44 serious.
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46 Q. Apart from some of the issues being the same, the leaflet
47 is entirely different, is it not?
48 A. No.
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50 Q. You can confirm that the letter written by McDonald's, or
51 on McDonald's behalf, to London Greenpeace was about this
52 leaflet which is not the subject of the current libel
53 action?
54 A. I wish my memory was that good, but I think you are
55 probably right.
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57 Q. That is what your statement says and you have confirmed
58 that and you say that you talked to people before you wrote
59 your statement?
60 A. I did.
