Day 248 - 13 May 96 - Page 28
1 A. I do not remember what the event was.
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3 Q. Have you still got 'the words complained of' bundle there?
4 It is not that big one, I think it is the smaller one.
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6 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is on the table on the right,
7 Mr. Preston.
8 A. I have it.
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10 MS. STEEL: If you look at the 5th page.
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12 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Which divider are you at?
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14 MS. STEEL: Sorry, in tab 11. If you look at the article which
15 appears in the Daily Mail, which is the one underneath the
16 fairly big photograph of her: "McDonald's in legal bid to
17 gag rocker Chrissie". And it says "Rock star Chrissie
18 Hynde faces legal action over a public outburst against the
19 McDonald's hamburger chain. The fast-food chain said
20 yesterday that it would seek an injunction against the
21 Pretenders singer unless she publicly agreed by 4.00 p.m.
22 on Monday never to repeat her verbal attack on the
23 company. McDonald's also warned that details of Hinds'
24 tirade against the firm at the London launch of an LP for
25 the environmental group Greenpeace earlier this week were
26 in the hands of police." Is that correct what is written
27 there?
28 A. I think we told her, "You agree by 4 o'clock not to say
29 what you said again about the Company", yes.
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31 Q. Right. It was at a Greenpeace international event that she
32 made this comment?
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34 MR. JUSTICE BELL: But what are you suggesting they asked her to
35 do? Because I am understanding Mr. Preston to be saying
36 not to urge people to petrol-bomb McDonald's. Not anything
37 else she may have said about them. I mean, that same
38 article has a paragraph, "In a statement company said
39 lawyers had advised that her remarks constitute a criminal
40 offence". I do not even know if the article is accurate,
41 but if it were I could see that might apply to urging
42 people to fire-bomb, but not to any other criticism of
43 McDonald's.
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45 MS. STEEL: If you turn over... I think it is 3 pages to an
46 article "Big Mac Fire-bombed".
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48 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
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50 MS. STEEL: The last column, it says under "McDonald's
51 purported to be prosecuted": "Last night Chrissie said
52 'I did not regret any aggressive action against McDonald's
53 or anyone else'. When asked what concessions..." I think
54 it is suppose to be 'contributions'... "I have made to
55 protect the environment I jokingly replied that I had
56 fire-bombed McDonald's. Everyone present laughed." I am
57 trying to find the article said what the event was.
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59 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Where are we going on this; what is the point
60 of it?
