Day 037 - 14 Oct 94 - Page 74


     
     1        the Sunday Times article of 11th September 1994?
     2        A.  Yes.
     3
     4   Q.   This time pay attention to the right-hand column?
     5        A.  Yes.
     6
     7   Q.   I want you to look, please, at the last part of it
     8        underneath the picture of you wielding what appears to be
     9        a fearsome meat cleaver?
    10        A.  Yes, that was a very dangerous photo-shoot -- I cut
    11        myself actually.
    12
    13   Q.   You did pose in that position with the meat cleaver; is
    14        that right?
    15        A.  At the sincere request of the Sunday Times.  In fact,
    16        I was posing in front of a huge butcher's block which was
    17        very precariously positioned on top of an old filing
    18        cabinet in the photographer's studio in imminent danger of
    19        falling on top of me!
    20
    21   Q.   Mr. Cox, yes, I dare say.  Please look at the
    22        paragraphs  -----
    23
    24   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  The young woman with the shopping bag on the
    25        right-hand side, I can ignore her, can I?
    26        A.  Well, yes, it is nothing to do with the article.
    27
    28   Q.   Whether or not I can ignore her, she has nothing to do
    29        with your article?
    30        A.  That is right.
    31
    32   MR. RAMPTON:  Immediately below the picture entitled:
    33        "Butchers' enemy:  Peter Cox", there is a paragraph about
    34        threats received by your wife, at least I take it that is
    35        what it is, and threats to book shops?
    36        A.  Yes.
    37
    38   Q.   Then are you reported as saying this  "He", that is
    39        Mr. Cox, "tells me this, and then observes with some glee
    40        that 2,000 butchers' shops close down every week.  He does
    41        not appear bothered by the effects of unemployment on the
    42        butchers themselves or their families. But then Cox, like
    43        his book, mixes hard-headed realism with mystical
    44        conviction".  Ignore that, what shall I say, mixed
    45        compliment -----
    46        A.  I have ignored it all actually.  When it came out
    47        I ignored it all.  I mean, that paragraph is completely
    48        inaccurate.
    49
    50   Q.   In accurate? 
    51        A.  Yes. 
    52 
    53   Q.   You are not pleased about the 2,000 butchery shops that
    54        close every week?
    55        A.  We had lunch at the Savoy.  We had a very long
    56        conversation for about four hours, in fact.  Sadly for
    57        David Thomas, this whole article was dreadfully, dare I
    58        say, butchered by his sub-editor.  You know, as a result,
    59        it has been drastically concertina-ed.  I know I never
    60        observed with any glee (and I certainly did not state)

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