His statement finished, Mr Leslie turned toward his solicitor's office, describing the allegations as "the mother of all stitch-ups".
The statement finished: "Going forward, the U.S. military will continue to conduct targeted airstrikes against ISIL in Syria and Iraq as local forces go on the offensive against this terrorist group".
The statement finished with a quote from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy – "So long and thanks for all the fish" – which many initially took to be an April Fools' joke.
As engineer FKI testily poured cold water on talks that recently-departed chairman Jeff Whalley is preparing a bid for the company, issuing a terse statement insisting that action from neither Mr Whalley nor a third party is in the offing, the shares (up more than 10p before the statement) finished 71C2p weaker at 151p.
The statement finished by asking for privacy and urging anyone with concerns about their family members to go to the police.
"Gruff, elegant, twinkly, and always dignified, he is celebrated by all who knew him and loved him, and everyone who enjoyed his work," the statement finished. .
"The Board based its vote of confidence on Rupert Murdoch's vision and leadership in building News Corporation, his ongoing performance as Chairman and CEO, and his demonstrated resolve to address the mistakes of the Company identified in the Select Committee's report," the statement finished.
Shocart is working on updating the books to list the country's diplomatic and financial centre, Tel Aviv, as Israel's capital and, according to an education ministry statement, will finish the work by the start of 2017.
The subject may be begun in one part as usual but then proceed immediately in another as well, before the first statement has finished.
(There will be further opportunity for public comment after the environmental impact statement is finished).
"Once they got my H.R. statement, I was finished, finished — 10 years in the business," Ms. Bakhtiar said.
