Ashley wants DK jailed!!

[ian1964 10,409]

Rangers chairman Dave King faces December 9 court date in Mike Ashley battle.. meaning he could spend Christmas in jail

 

By Keith Jackson

 

SPORTS Direct tycoon Ashley wants King jailed for contempt of court - and the Gers boss could face 30 days behind bars if convicted.

 

RANGERS boss Dave King could be banged up behind bars for Christmas when he appears in court on December 9.

 

A judge will decide if the Rangers chief should be jailed on a contempt charge for allegedly breaching a Sports Direct gagging order.

 

Lawyers for tycoon Mike Ashley are adamant that King should be jailed – and the Ibrox club hit with a fine – for a TV interview he did with Sky Sports’ Jim White at his Johannesburg home.

 

If King is convicted at London’s High Court, a sentence of 30 days in prison could be handed down by the judge.

 

Today, we can also reveal how King was snared in a meticulous operation by Ashley’s people after being welcomed to Sports Direct’s HQ for what appeared to be peace talks with the firm who control Rangers retail operations.

 

Ashley invited King to his Shirebrook HQ for a face-to-face meeting after months of feuding between the pair.

 

But the Newcastle United owner was also ordering his lawyers to track King back to Scotland after the meeting had finished and serve him the writ which could land him in jail.

 

The Daily Record exclusively revealed yesterday how Ashley’s legal team were going after King for discussing his relationship with Sports Direct during the interview with White in July.

 

Now we’ve uncovered details of the plan to pounce on him in the hours following his visit to Ashley’s office. This involved paying to have teams of sheriff officers across Glasgow waiting for King to return on a train from Chesterfield.

 

They needed to serve King in person to proceed with their plans to drag him into the dock but, first, had to wait for the businessman to return to British soil.

 

Their big chance arrived when Ashley invited King for a sitdown to open talks about a possible renegotiation of the crippling, one-sided retail deals signed over to Sports Direct by previous Ibrox regimes.

 

We also understand Ashley gave his legal team an explicit order not to confront King with the paperwork during the visit.

 

Instead, they were told to wait until King arrived back in Glasgow, where teams of sheriff officers were waiting for him at both the city’s major stations, Queen Street and Glasgow Central.

 

More sheriff officers were sent to other locations, including Ibrox, as part of the no-expense-spared operation. They were under strict orders to collar King before going on to serve similar papers on his co-directors Paul Murray and John Gilligan.

 

A legal expert told us: “This highlights the determination of Ashley and Sports Direct to follow through on their attempts to have King arrested and ultimately imprisoned.

 

“The final bill for this operation would have been likely to run into thousands of pounds.

 

“Under Civil Procedure rules it is essential that the papers are served on the individual in person for the case to proceed. It seems clear that Ashley is very serious indeed about going after King and taking this thing all the way.”

 

Record Sport first revealed back in May that Sports Direct had a seven-year notice period written into the commercial deals agreed between Ashley and former chief executive Charles Green.

 

Fearing King was about to blow the lid on more of his secret deals, Ashley took out a gagging order on the Rangers board which remains in place today.

 

But Sports Direct have accused King of breaching the terms of that order and have made a case for the Rangers chairman to be severely punished at next month’s hearing.

 

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/rangers-chairman-dave-king-faces-6762594

[der Berliner 3,240]

Craig like many others on here has an understanding of the reality (and a memory) something you unfortunately seem to constantly misplace.

 

... while you seem to enjoy the Freedom of Gersnet with personal attacks.

 

I've explained my reasoning at the time and ever since. I do assume that you are well able to understand it, but were/are unwilling to change your angle, if only for the sake of debate. Which makes any further debate on this topic increasingly pointless.

Edited November 4, 2015 by der Berliner

[True_Ger_1872 2]

Absolute scumbag of a man!

[Frankie 8,148]

... while you seem to enjoy the Freedom of Gersnet with personal attacks.

 

I've explained my reasoning at the time and ever since. I do assume that you are well able to understand it, but were/are unwilling to change your angle, if only for the sake of debate. Which makes any further debate on this topic increasingly pointless.

 

The rules are the same for everyone, thanks very much.

 

With that in mind, there's a big difference between personal attacks and the highlighting of dubious opinions during debates. Although I'd prefer people played the ball rather than the man, it's tricky not to make comment on previous misguided positions when people insist on not learning from past mistakes.

 

However, I would ask for people to show patience in that regard and stick to the subject at hand.

[RabiDuck 89]

Here's a thought... If somehow Ashley wins this one and King is found guilty of breaching the gagging order (taking nothing for granted here despite how stupid it all seems to me!) what affect does that have on the order. Once it's breached is it breached or can further breaches also be punished? In other words, is there a chance that if "sent down for this", King exchanges 30 days in the cells for the freedom to speak openly? Might be an interesting twist, though I suspect it wont work that way!

[BlueMazza 0]

A legal expert told us: “This highlights the determination of Ashley and Sports Direct to follow through on their attempts to have King arrested and ultimately imprisoned.

 

“The final bill for this operation would have been likely to run into thousands of pounds.

 

What an absolute wanker.

[Scott7 5,150]

"Rangers chairman Dave King faces December 9 court date in Mike Ashley battle.. meaning he could spend Christmas in jail"

according to DR.

 

They are right. But only if DK turns up at Court and tells the Judge he's a corrupt old badger and he and his pal Ashley can take a running jump or something similar.

 

At worst, if he's found to have breached the Injunction, he'll be fined but that's boring innit?

[calscot 0]

There used to be these almost mythical things called newspapers and journalists, shame they don't exist in this country.

[forlanssister 3,050]

There used to be these almost mythical things called newspapers and journalists, shame they don't exist in this country.

 

There 's hardly an investigative journalist in the country worthy of title and any there are couldn't give a flying f*&k about Rangers.

[craig 5,195]

While FS's remark does not even deserve a reply, it has been pointed out - at the time, ever since and now again - why having Ashley "on board" would be a "good" thing. Either you cannot understand or you are unwilling to understand that point of view. I for one will not going to repeat or explain my point of view again.

 

I know EXACTLY what you said. And I also stand by my previous comment 100%. Revisionism. You know what it means and you know that your post oozed it.

 

Don't even think about telling me that people "Didn't support Ashley" as that is, frankly, nonsense.

 

BTW, for your information anyone saying that "having Ashley "on board" would be a "good" thing" is clearly supporting Ashley. Your post contradicts itself in the same sentence.