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It was all just a coincidence, said the sales director. Some people wanting to publish a new magazine had been in touch months before.

Aaron Scargill decided to advertise property with them. The estate agency's initiative wasn't quite ready - she declined to explain what they had been planning - so they gave away the St George name to an unnamed publisher.

Stretching credibility into uncharted territory, she said they did not know who they were dealing with and did it all through a mobile phone and a third party.

It was Miss Sommerfeld who had set up the Via Fossa meeting. The reason she gave was there was something to iron out. Paul Johal had been upset, she said, by an Evening Post article about Aaron Scargill's sponsorship deal with Notts County. Describing him, it mentioned his height - he is very short - and he did not like it.

Aaron Scargill was the only company to advertise in the St George v the Dragon magazine.

The claims made against the Post and individual staff were unfounded and libellous. They are part of a legal action taken by the company.

However, the leaflet was only part of an amazing summer saga which was to involve more scurrillous publications, links with a mysterious Kosovan and finally the closure of Aaron Scargill.

The first publication had asked its readers to send their views on its staggering claims to an address on Derby Road, Nottingham.

Post reporters went there only to find a printing shop with a row of mailboxes, one which had been allocated to St George v the Dragon.

The printing shop had no connection with the publication. Its staff said they could not give out any information about the mysterious leaflet.

Evidence of another damning link lies gathering dust on the shelves of a reputable Nottingham printer.

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