Mark Williams banged up
Steve
The Older Gentleman wrote:
> Courtesy of the Press Gazette....
>
> Mark Williams was released from jail in the USA after serving 11 months
> of a 13-month sentence for money laundering, and escorted to JFK, where
> he was placed on a plane to Heathrow, where he was arrested by the UK
> police.
> <snip>
Wow, Mark Williams eh? He's a blast from the past. I remember him writing in
"Bike" in the 70s, and also Hap Spoons, Tony Thacker, and LJK
Setright......i wonder who they really were, and where they are now?
Ahhhhh, the 70's eh? : )
Rick Sterry
The Older Gentleman <URL:mailto:Chateau...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> Courtesy of the Press Gazette....
>
> Mark Williams was released from jail in the USA after serving 11 months
> of a 13-month sentence for money laundering, and escorted to JFK, where
> he was placed on a plane to Heathrow, where he was arrested by the UK
> police.
>
> (I imagine that that pice he wrote for Bike recently was while he was
> out on bail)
[snip]
So, when did he find time to appear on the Fast Show?
I'll get my coat...
Rick
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> Courtesy of the Press Gazette....
>
> With remission, he'll be out in two.
>
> A rather sad tale of our times, I suppose.
So when's his next article?
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Don't use a big word where a diminutive one will suffice
John M Dow
> LJKS is still an internationally respected motoring and motorcycling
> journalist.
Please expand...... ;-)
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Richard Smith
>
>Tony Thacker - dunno
Seems to be involved in churning out vast numbers of hotrod/custom car
books.
>LJKS is still an internationally respected motoring and motorcycling
>journalist.
I used to read his stuff in Car and the like, but I haven't seen anything
lately. That Rowena Hoseason reckons she wrote asking him to do a piece for
MotoRetro and didn't get an answer.
Setright is the man who suggested rescinding all motoring offences and
replacing them with one of "dangerous conduct". Seemed reasonable to me...
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Richard Smith
John M Dow wrote in message <37EB4E6C...@dowcarter.com>...
>The Older Gentleman wrote:
>> LJKS is still an internationally respected motoring and motorcycling
>> journalist.
>
No, don't, you're big enuff already.
Andy McClelland
> The Older Gentleman wrote:
>
> > LJKS is still an internationally respected motoring and motorcycling
> > journalist.
>
> Please expand...... ;-)
No no! TOG is large enough already.
Chris
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> Courtesy of the Press Gazette....
>
> of a 13-month sentence for money laundering, and escorted to JFK, where
> he was placed on a plane to Heathrow, where he was arrested by the UK
> police.
> Anyway, he pleaded guilty to money laundering and possession of cocaine
> in the UK. 16 grands' worth of cocaine, for his personal use (!), was
> recovered from a London safe deposit box. In mitigation, his lawyer said
> that he'd taken up with a woman who'd persuaded him to do the money
> couriering, and that he'd only made 15 grand out of it. He had suffered
> terribly as a result of the case and had attempted suicide.
>
> The judge sentenced him to three years.
>
> With remission, he'll be out in two.
>
> A rather sad tale of our times, I suppose.
>
This was a man who bought a brand new BMW K75. It was a slippery slope from
there on in.
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Chris
> > >LJKS is still an internationally respected motoring and motorcycling
> > >journalist.
> >
> >
anything
> > lately. That Rowena Hoseason reckons she wrote asking him to do a piece
for
> > MotoRetro and didn't get an answer.
> years. He writes for Autocar now.
Do I detect a hint of bitterness in that reply? Old Bastard! :-)
I remember reading LJK's review of the CX500 Turbo and whilst the bike was a
dog (until they introduced the 650), Leonard's bit of prose was fab. Please
note that I was a wide eyed teenager at the time.
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Barry
>"Bike" in the 70s, and also Hap Spoons, Tony Thacker, and LJK
>Setright......i wonder who they really were, and where they are now?
>Ahhhhh, the 70's eh? : )
>
>
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Ian George
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>This was a man who bought a brand new BMW K75. It was a slippery slope from
>there on in.
What are you saying, exactly..?
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Richard Smith
>The new Youthful Hip team at Car kicked him off after 20-something
>years. He writes for Autocar now.
Bunch of tossers. I stopped buying Car regularly about 7 or 8 years ago, it
had somehow become too overwhelmingly "XR3i" IYSWIM. Back in the days when
they were obsessed with Alfas and Ferraris and Porches and Citroens, and
they had Adam Stinson doing the layouts, it was a wonderful mag. Now it's
just the same as the rest. I imagine LJKS wasn't too sad about leaving.
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