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QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL |
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B e f o r e :
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THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE OF THE METROPOLIS & THE SERIOUS ORGANISED CRIME AGENCY |
Claimants |
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TIMES NEWSPAPERS LTD & |
Defendants |
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Gavin Millar QC & Anthony Hudson (instructed by Simons Muirhead and Burton) for the First Defendant
Hearing dates: 22 March 2011
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Crown Copyright ©
Mr Justice Tugendhat:
"1. that [he] is a "crime lord" who controls a vast criminal network involved in murder, drug trafficking and fraud;
2. that when [he] was prosecuted in 1999 he was responsible for a violent assault on the main witness against him and the intimidation of that witness's family;
3. that in order to obtain a financial benefit from the sale of land to the London Development Agency [he] attacked and threatened to kill a property developer at a court hearing and avoided prosecution for his attacks and threats by intimidating witnesses".
"Numerous police sources, … identified Mr Hunt to Mr Gillard as a well known East London organised crime boss implicated since the 1980's in murder, drug trafficking and fraud. The information received from the different police sources was entirely consistent in this regard and there was therefore verification of this information from a number of authoritative sources."
The position of Mr Hunt following this judgment
The position of TNL following this judgment
Conclusion