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Tue 10 Oct 2000£50,000 cheque ended up in G & M accountA cheque for £50,000, which was passed on to Mr Charles Haughey on behalf of a Saudi Arabian diplomat who bought a yearling from Abbeville Stud, ended up in Guinness & Mahon accounts, the tribunal was told.Mr John Coughlan said Dr John O'Connell, former TD and minister for health, told the tribunal that in February 1985 he dined in London with Mr Fustok, a Saudi diplomat, who asked him to pass on a cheque for £50,000 which Mr Fustok said he owed Mr Haughey.