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[Music]| Tuesday 24th April 2007 |
Polonium poisoning of Russian dissident leads to closure of London iPod store
11:58AM, Tuesday 24th April 2007
The poisoning of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko was behind the decision to close the popXpress iPod store on London's Piccadilly, its owner, Computer Warehouse Group has revealed.
Litvinenko was poisoned by a radioactive Polonium-210 isotope and visited the Itsu sushi bar next door to popXpress shortly after meeting the man who police believe carried out the murder. As a result the sushi bar's popularity has grown to the extent that it decided it wanted to expand into the popXpress premises.
Itsu's owner, the Pret à Manger group made Computer Warehouse Group an offer that its chairman, Jonathan Cole, said 'they could not refuse'.
popXpress continues to operate two shops in Liverpool Street and Brentford.
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