AN ULTRA-RARE E-Type Jaguar whose first Scots owner had a colourful past – although not quite as bad as his infamous fictional ancestor – is coming up for sale. The car, a 1966 4.2 “quad headlamp”, was one of only three made by the upmarket British marque and was driven around the Highlands by the Thane of Cawdor – the sixth earl, Hugh John Vaughan Campbell. The Thane of Cawdor is first mentioned in Shakespeare’s play Macbeth when the witches predict he will receive the thaneship and will go on to become king. Hugh Campbell was the real Thane of Cawdor, a title his family was awarded a few centuries after Shakespeare’s play, and he lived not in Perthshire, where the play was set, but near Nairn. He had the car made for him after seeing a similar one driven by his fellow peer, Andrew Douglas Alexander Thomas Bruce, the 11th Earl of Elgin and president of the RAC and Ecurie Ecosse. A larger than life character, Campbell is credited with ensuring … [Read more...] about Colourful Thane of Cawdor’s rare E-Type Jaguar up for auction
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Jon Flanagan in court for flouting conditions imposed after he kicked girlfriend
Former Liverpool FC defender Jon Flanagan today admitted skipping a rehabilitation session imposed after he kicked his girlfriend in the street. The 25-year-old defender was given a 12-month community order for a drunken attack on his partner of 18 months, Rachael Wall. CCTV pictures showed him twice pushing her into a wall, before kicking his defenceless victim, when she slumped to the floor. Flanagan admitted assaulting the mum-of-two in the boozy row, in Liverpool city centre, in the early hours of December 22 last year. He was spared jail on January 17, but magistrates told him to complete 40 hours of unpaid work and 15 rehabilitation activity days. The footballer, who was released by Liverpool earlier this summer, has since signed for Scottish side Rangers . But he was dragged back before Liverpool Magistrates' Court this morning after missing one of the rehabilitation appointments. Flanagan, of Knowsley Road, Aigburth, admitted "failing without reasonable excuse to comply … [Read more...] about Jon Flanagan in court for flouting conditions imposed after he kicked girlfriend
Court orders untangle property partnership that turned hostile
18:13, July 16 2018 A property-owning partnership descended into hostility with complaints of food smells, disconnected power, and unpaid bills, a court has found. Kirti Kumar eventually took Prakash Patel to court to force the sale of the High St, Lower Hutt, premises they bought together in in 2015. Kumar ran his accountancy business downstairs and Patel ran his marketing business on the upper level. In a High Court judgment on the case, Justice Jill Mallon said irreconcilable differences developed. READ MORE:Lower Hutt undergoing housing boom with three major new developmentsProperty opposite Lower Hutt mall put on the marketCall for independent inquiry into Hutt City Council's BNZ purchaseListed property firm sells two buildings, invests money in old, rundown sites The year after they bought the building Patel had financial difficulties and ended up living in his part of the property. Advertisement Kumar thought Patel's use of the … [Read more...] about Court orders untangle property partnership that turned hostile
Ecuador judge orders ex-leader to be jailed over kidnap probe
News / World by Press Association 03/07/2018, 10:53 pm FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmail Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter A judge in Ecuador has ordered that former president Rafael Correa is to be jailed for failing to appear in court as required as part of a kidnapping probe. The judge also approved a request by Ecuador’s chief prosecutor to seek Mr Correa’s extradition from Belgium, where he currently resides. Mr Correa had been ordered to appear at a court in Ecuador’s capital every 15 days since early June to comply with an investigation into the case. The nation’s highest court ordered in June that Mr Correa be included in the investigation into a failed 2012 kidnapping of an opposition politician. Mr Correa has previously said he has no idea why he is being linked to the probe. Sign up to our Daily newsletter More from the Evening Express Anti-abortion activists lose High Court challenge over demonstration ban David … [Read more...] about Ecuador judge orders ex-leader to be jailed over kidnap probe
Madonna fails to stop auction of Tupac break up letter
Madonna has failed in her attempt to stop a former friend from auctioning intimate personal items including love letters and a hairbrush with strands of her hair. The pop icon's lawsuit against Darlene Lutz was thrown out by a New York judge, who said the statute of limitation to recover her items had passed. Arguably the most widely talked-about item is a break-up letter from the late rapper Tupac, who dated Madonna in secret. Madonna only recently spoke in public about the relationship. Bidding on the letter had reached $100,000 in July 2017 when she filed an emergency court order over Gotta Have Rock and Roll's auction, along with 22 other contested items, which came from the collection of Lutz - Madonna's former personal assistant. Tupac Madonna had claimed she had no idea Lutz was in possession of the letter, written a year before his death in 1995, until she heard about the online auction last year. She told the court when she sought an injunction on the sale that … [Read more...] about Madonna fails to stop auction of Tupac break up letter