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| Man held in chef-threat inquiry | Man held in chef-threat inquiry |
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| Police investigating threats against celebrity chefs Jamie Oliver and Rick Stein from a Cornish nationalist group have arrested a man. | Police investigating threats against celebrity chefs Jamie Oliver and Rick Stein from a Cornish nationalist group have arrested a man. |
| Devon and Cornwall Police said a Padstow man, aged 36, had been arrested over phone calls to Mr Oliver's Fifteen restaurant in Cornwall. | Devon and Cornwall Police said a Padstow man, aged 36, had been arrested over phone calls to Mr Oliver's Fifteen restaurant in Cornwall. |
| He was arrested on 4 July and bailed to reappear at Newquay Police Station on 14 August. | He was arrested on 4 July and bailed to reappear at Newquay Police Station on 14 August. |
| Police are investigating threats via e-mail against Mr Stein and Mr Oliver. | |
| A group calling itself The Cornish Liberation Army (CNLA) said in the e-mail Mr Oliver would be a target because he was "another incomer who has caused the inflation of house and other living costs at Cornish expense". | A group calling itself The Cornish Liberation Army (CNLA) said in the e-mail Mr Oliver would be a target because he was "another incomer who has caused the inflation of house and other living costs at Cornish expense". |
| Mr Oliver said last month that Fifteen, at Watergate Bay near Newquay, used local produce, 80,000 people had used the restaurant and "millions of pounds has gone into the local community". | Mr Oliver said last month that Fifteen, at Watergate Bay near Newquay, used local produce, 80,000 people had used the restaurant and "millions of pounds has gone into the local community". |
| I just think the answers to their worries is government not a couple of poxy chefs Jamie Oliver | I just think the answers to their worries is government not a couple of poxy chefs Jamie Oliver |
| "I do not feel threatened by it because actions speak louder than words," he said. | "I do not feel threatened by it because actions speak louder than words," he said. |
| "I just think the answers to their worries is government not a couple of poxy chefs. | |
| "For me it is the government's problem. If there is an affordable housing problem that is government's problem - local government and government." | "For me it is the government's problem. If there is an affordable housing problem that is government's problem - local government and government." |
| Mr Stein, who runs his Seafood Restaurant and a number of other businesses in the Cornish port of Padstow, has not commented on the e-mails. |