From laurence@godfreynet.co.uk Thu Mar 7 22:42:47 2002 From: Laurence Godfrey (laurence@godfreynet.co.uk) To: comega@attrition.org, staff@attrition.org Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2002 00:42:00 +0000 Subject: your defamatory posting STRICTLY PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL On 5 March 2002 you published on the usenet newsgroups sci.physics, aus.legal and nz.general an article (copy enclosed below) in which you make false and highly defamatory allegations about me. As you are no doubt aware, the newsgroups in question are read by a large number of internet users, particularly in England where my reputation is based and where I live and carry out my work. Your statements were calculated to disparage and damage me professionally, as well as personally. I have been advised that these are serious and actionable libels and that I would be entitled to substantial general and aggravated damages if I were to issue proceedings in the Court for publication of your defamatory statements. I am not prepared to let your false allegations pass unchallenged and uncorrected and accordingly I require: (1) An apology to be published by you on the newsgroups in terms to be agreed; (2) An undertaking that you will not publish the same or similar defamatory allegations in the future; (3) A Statement in Open Court, in terms to be agreed, publicly retracting your false statements; (4) Payment of my legal costs and damages in this matter in a sum to be agreed. Unless I receive satisfactory proposals to the terms set out in this letter within seven days, I will issue proceedings in the English High Court without further notice. Laurence Godfrey Path: news6-win.server.ntlworld.com!news1-win.server.ntlworld.com!news5-gui.server.n tli.net!ntli.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!newsfeed.icl.net!news.maxwe ll.syr.edu!news1.optus.net.au!optus!intgwlon.nntp.telstra.net!news.telstra.net !nsw.nnrp.telstra.net!not-for-mail Reply-To: "Space Ghost" (comega@attrition.org) From: "Space Ghost" (staff@attrition.org) Newsgroups: nz.general,sci.physics,aus.legal References: (ro608ug43q610frf5ojrq35dj3lfihhqqg@4ax.com) (3c804013.324875071@news.wave.co.nz) (k4r08ugds79moeduecnsbh301q7gl0o941@4ax.com) (pan.2002.03.02.11.11.40.695894.3060@my.real.box.com) (3c912b47.161884918@news.virgin.net) (u9eg8.246$bA2.267115@newsfeed.slurp.net) (3c9b968e.189347707@news.virgin.net) (RGxg8.200$l%2.220997@newsfeed.slurp.net) (3c835fb9$0$236$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com) (3c8471c4.7035246@news.virgin.net) (a60j75$65c$1@lust.ihug.co.nz) (3c86d0f2.31400872@news.virgin.net) Subject: Questions for Dr Laurence Lines: 74 Organization: Upright Citizens Brigade X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: (wPSg8.8$mu2.4112@nsw.nnrp.telstra.net) Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 09:16:47 +1030 NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.132.126.176 X-Complaints-To: abuse@telstra.net X-Trace: nsw.nnrp.telstra.net 1015282012 203.132.126.176 (Tue, 05 Mar 2002 09:46:52 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2002 09:46:52 EST Xref: news5-gui.server.ntli.net nz.general:452699 sci.physics:411294 aus.legal:52864 X-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2002 22:46:56 GMT (news6-win.server.ntlworld.com) 1 - What did you do with all the money you have received in court cases? 2 - Are you a homosexual? 3 - Have you ever paid for sex? 4 - Have you ever had a relationship with a student? [rest snipped. you can see full thread via this google link] *************************************************************** Save for this paragraph and those that follow, this email, including any material attached to it, is confidential and may be legally privileged. Unless expressly authorised by the sender, you may not copy, publish, broadcast, transmit or otherwise disseminate, electronically or by any other means, any of the material contained in or attached to this email. If you have received it in error, you should not disclose or make use of or take any action in reliance upon this material and you should immediately notify the sender, whose name and email address is given below. *************************************************************** Dr. Laurence Godfrey Email: laurence@godfreynet.co.uk PGP ID: 0x1E677CBF, Type: DH/DSS, Size: 2048/1024 Fingerprint: 2766 BF27 1BB2 1A0B 5749 CE01 FDA2 29D5 1E67 7CBF
