Cross-examining at Southwark Crown Court, Andrew Edis QC said Ms Pryce, an economist, had taken the speeding story to the Mail on Sunday and Sunday Times because she wanted to destroy her husband in an act of revenge.

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At the trial in Antrim Crown Court, the woman was cross-examined by the defence counsel.

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They had spent months on it, secretly collecting firewood, carving it -- the cross and the body -- using radio wire for a crown of thorns.

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But as cross-border takeovers have become more common, so they have begun to affect companies governments regard as the crown jewels of their economy.

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