curtains did stop it but there was a stink of petrol and suddenly there were flames leppin’ up all over the place. I screamed my head off and ran out the front door.’
‘Were there others in the house at the time?’
‘There was lads upstairs. They got out the bathroom windy into the yard. I’m telling you, we could all have been killed and all for that fuck—’
That was the last of her voice they heard. Nevan or his producer had closed the fader.
Nevan seemed a bit unsure what to say next. ‘Well, we don’t tolerate foul language on the airwaves and we always cut it off, and I know people say that’s the ordinary way that people talk in this town, but that’s beside the point. The rules are the rules. Furthermore, this programme has no insights at all into the identity of the person Gilly was alluding to, nor does it support her in any allegation that might be implied, intentionally or otherwise, by the terms she used.’
Terry reckoned Toland had just about covered himself legally against a defamation action, but the point had been made. Gilly McDonald had blamed someone, and it would be easy for many listeners to conclude that it was him.
‘We’ve another caller. Good morning.’
‘Good morning, Nevan. I used to rent a house from Terry Brankin myself and I don’t believe he would do a thing like that at all, for any amount of insurance money.’
Nevan roared at him, ‘Right, if you can’t come onto this programme without swearing and slandering people, don’t come on at all. And you might think you are doing someone a favour by saying they didn’t do something that someone else said they did do, but if you name someone in connection with an allegation, whether to try and get them off the hook or hang them on it even higher, let me tell you – it is still actionable, because you are perpetuating the original defamation.’
Nevan’s producers would be crapping themselves now.
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