However, Mr Bell said on Thursday there had been “no medical evidence presented to this inquiry” that supported the connection between Mr Packer’s threatening email and any health condition. In fact, Mr Bell said that other emails Mr Packer sent on that same day including to Crown’s then-chairman Robert Rankin were in “perceptive and business-like” terms.
“The difference was that Mr X had conveyed information to Mr Packer which was bad news, which Mr Packer did not want to hear,” Mr Bell said.
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