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What good would it do their cause? If the killing was a protest why not claim responsibility?Mr Pownall also rejected the

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"What good would it do their cause? If the killing was a protest, why not claim responsibility?"Mr Pownall also rejected the Crimewatch theory. "If you were found out by Crimewatch, you might reserve your anger for the police or those who telephone in and put up your name ­ the snitch or the grass ­ not the presenter." He urged the jury to reach their verdict on the evidence they had heard and nothing else.Mr George, 41, of Fulham, south-west London, denies murdering Ms Dando on 26 April 1999 She was shot through the head.The trial continues.. A fund manager who lost his "magic touch" after suffering head injuries in a car accident ended his record £17m claim for damages yesterday in an out-of-court settlement thought to be one of the biggest ever. A fund manager who lost his "magic touch" after suffering head injuries in a car accident ended his record £17m claim for damages yesterday in an out-of-court settlement thought to be one of the biggest ever. Julian Glatt was earning £250,000 a year and managed funds worth more than £2bn when he was knocked down by a car in north London in 1994.Lawyers estimated that the driver's insurance company, which had admitted 75 per cent liability, had agreed to pay Mr Glatt up to £10m. Mr Glatt's lawyers confirmed that the settlement involved a "substantial figure" and that Mr Glatt was pleased with the outcome.His barrister, William Norris QC, told the High Court on Tuesday that Mr Glatt had "gilt-edged connections" and had been on the brink of joining the "big league" of ?te fund managers, where he would have been earning £3m a year. But after the accident Mr Glatt had lost that "indefinable magic component of decisiveness and judgement."Although Mr Glatt was back at work within three weeks of the accident and is now earning "enormous sums" in property investment, he has been forced to abandon the career he loves.

Mr Glatt himself described his former career in fund management as the "most addictive, wonderful, amazing job ... If you truly love this kind of business, you simply can't do without it."He added: "It's hard to get back when you have not been in the job for a few years. It's one of the things I have to accept."Later, Mr Glatt said that he was now "fighting fit" and looking forward to new challenges "Now I can put the past behind me and get on with life.". The jury in the Lord Archer perjury trial made legal history yesterday, when it became the first in a criminal trial to visit the High Court. The six men and six women were taken from the Old Bailey to Court 13 of the High Court in The Strand, central London, where Lord Archer won his libel trial against the Daily Star newspaper in 1987. The jury in the Lord Archer perjury trial made legal history yesterday, when it became the first in a criminal trial to visit the High Court. The six men and six women were taken from the Old Bailey to Court 13 of the High Court in The Strand, central London, where Lord Archer won his libel trial against the Daily Star newspaper in 1987. Led by the Old Bailey Judge, Mr Justice Potts, Lord Archer, his co-defendant Ted Francis, their lawyers and the jury entered the chamber to test claims by the Daily Star's barrister, Michael Hill QC.

Mr Hill, who represented the Daily Star in the original libel trial, last week told the Old Bailey that he would have cross-examined witnesses more vigorously in 1987 had he been able to see the diaries that Archer allegedly forged to provide an alibi.But he said that because of the court's layout he was unable to see clearly the diary because the witness box was at another level and the court had been "like a cattle market".After they filed into court, the jurors were encouraged to explore the courtroom ­ a sharp contrast to modern surroundings of the Old Bailey ­ so they could imagine themselves sat as Archer, Mr Hill and the late libel judge, Mr Justice Caulfield, in the original trial.The judge explained the layout of the court. Then one juror sat in the witness box, while others stood in Mr Hill's place during the 40-minute inspection. The jury observed that the witness box was higher than the well of the court, where lawyers usually sat, but at the same level as the judge and the jury. Mr Justice Potts told the jurors that questions they had asked would be dealt with next week.Archer denies four counts of perverting the course of justice, two counts of perjury and one of using a diary as a false instrument.

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