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Saatchi In Toilet Rage

Art collector and gallery owner Charles Saatchi used "distortion, intimidation and evasion" tactics during a dispute over the use of communal spaces in County Hall, central London, a court heard yesterday. Mr Saatchi was said to have gone into a "deep rage" and demonstrated how he would grab a company director by the throat in a row over the use of a disabled toilet. The claims were made on the opening day of a high court trial between the owners and landlord of County Hall and the Saatchi Gallery. The landlord allege the gallery consistently encroached on communal areas not within its leased area. For the full story - click the title Irish Art