Musician Libeled in Quickie Peel Bio Wins Suit

[thebarguest]

Yes, I heard this on local radio news in Liverpool
yesterday. I was given said book as a Christmas
present. I believed and was shocked / angered
by the allegations of bad criminality esp when the
guy lives down the road ! Peter H deserves every
penny he gets (under 1 million pounds).
I was going to give book away but someone else
could read the lies - a dilemma -should I bin it ?
I know - eureka - I'll erase the offending lines
with a biro !
Sh*t - if the author has got this wrong, what else
is wrong ? It's going .........



pecker the barguest

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, Tom Roche <troche@m...> wrote:
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> Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 06:26:34 -0400 (EDT)
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> Subject: Libel Damages for Musician
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>     PA
>     Wed 18 May 2005
>     11:41am (UK)
>     Libel Damages for Musician
>     By Jan Colley, PA
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>     A rock musician today accepted substantial undisclosed libel 
damages
>     over a claim that he had bragged about being involved in 
football
>     violence, house theft and drug abuse.
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>     Peter Hooton, the lead vocalist for The Farm, had brought High 
Court
>     proceedings over a tribute book about the late DJ John Peel by 
Mike
>     Wall which appeared in November 2004.
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>     Counsel Joanne Neenan told Mr Justice Eady at London's High 
Court that
>     Mr Hooton was also a qualified teacher and had worked full time 
as a
>     youth and community worker for Liverpool City Council between 
1980 and
>     1990.
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>     He had also been involved in a high-profile anti-drugs campaign 
run by
>     the council and, since 2000, had been employed as a mentor 
working for
>     the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts as a coach and 
adviser to
>     young aspiring musicians.
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>     Ms Neenan said that the book contained an allegation that Mr 
Hooton
>     "bragged openly of football violence, house theft and routine 
drug
>     abuse" to John Peel at an "impromptu interview".
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>     She added that The Orion Publishing Group Ltd accepted that the
>     allegation was wholly untrue and that Mr Hooton had never been
>     involved in any such criminal activities - nor did he brag that 
he had
>     been to John Peel or anyone else.
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>     The publishers had agreed to recall and destroy all copies of 
the book
>     and to pay substantial damages and costs to Mr Hooton.
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>     Solicitor Roy Furness said that the publishers apologised for 
the
>     distress suffered by Mr Hooton in the publication of the untrue
>     allegation.
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