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Sat 03 Mar 2007O'Brien snr felt Lowry link was 'blackmail'Denis O'Brien snr, father of telecoms tycoon Denis O'Brien jnr, told the Moriarty (payments to politicians) tribunal yesterday he thought he was being blackmailed when he received a document linking Michael Lowry to a property deal in Doncaster.Mr O'Brien was giving evidence as part of the tribunal's inquiry into the purchase of Doncaster Rovers Football Club Ltd for stg£4.3 million in August 1998. Mr O'Brien jnr has said the deal was exclusively his and had nothing to do with Mr Lowry.