not accept theft. i challenge the recommendations of the barrister and persuaded him that a trial would be necessary as the reason given by the defendant, horizon integrity would have a wider impact on the business of the trial didn t go ahead. i was sent that a new trial date should be fixed because there was issues regarding the horizon system, he agreed with me and the judge accepted the points and fixed a new trial date. it seems from your own appraisal that you saw it as career boosting to press on with that case of miss mcdonald. because of problems with the horizon system having a wide impact on the business, do not accept that? the issue was business, do not accept that? twe: issue was being discussed business, do not accept that? twe issue was being discussed with business, do not accept that? tue issue was being discussed with the prosecution barrister, as you are aware, when you are filling in
the members of the unite union who work forfour companies the members of the unite union who work for four companies at the airport are set to walk out for eight days. the strikes will take place in july eight days. the strikes will take place injuly and the beginning of august. your live with bbc news. the 0scar winning actor kevin spacey has told a jury in his sexual assault trial that he could have had sex in his words all the time but found it hard to trust people because of his fame. mr spacey is being cross examined after giving evidence for the first time yesterday. he s denied 12 sex offences against four men between 2001 and 2013. 0ur correspondent frankie mccamley?was outside court for us, and a warning, frankie referred to some bad language that was mentioned in court. yesterday the court heard how kevin spacey was here to establish his innocence and proceed with his life and that is exactly what he came here to do. sitting in the witness box today, he was very relaxed
barrister. thejudge between himself and the prosecution barrister. the judge even between himself and the prosecution barrister. thejudge even had to interject at times, telling mr spacey to answer the question. beginning the cross examination, the prosecution focused on what they called nimes to grab. they asked if it was his trademark move. he not only disagreed with the term, he said, i do admit i may have touched one of the accusers but he said it was gentle, it was not a grabber. the prosecution then turned to allegations made by another man in question is why would he have lied? spicer replied, money, money, and then money. there were some further tense exchanges, especially when mr spacey called something allegations he had grabbed a man s crotch, excuse my language, absolute
he said he objected to the term crotch grab used by alleged victims in accusations against him. the actor denies 12 sexual offences relating to four men. 0ur correspondent frankie mccamley?gave us this update and a warning, she referred to some bad language used in court. yesterday the court heard how kevin spacey was here to establish his innocence and proceed with his life, and that is exactly what he came here to do. sitting in the witness box today, he was very relaxed, very calm and very assertive at times and there were some very tense exchanges between himself and the prosecution barrister. thejudge even had to interject at times, telling mr spacey to answer the question. beginning the cross examination, the prosecution focused on what they called the crotch grab . they asked if it was
judge even had to interject at times, telling mr spacey to answer some of the questions. they re beginning her cross examination today, the prosecution barrister focused on what you just mentioned and what she called the so called crotch grab. three of alleges have a mr spacey of doing just that in both public and private. she asked, is this your trademark? the actor actually objected to the term and admitted he may have touched one of the accusers, but said it wasn t a growth or a the accusers, but said it wasn t a growth ora grab, the accusers, but said it wasn t a growth or a grab, it was a gentle touch, he said. the prosecution went on to the detailed allegations made by two of the men. he dismissed one of the cases as weak and when asked about the second man and why he would lie about some of the allegations, mr spacey replied,