Actor and comedian Bill Cosby has filed for court sanctions against a woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2005, claiming she leaked a deposition transcript to a newspaper.

Andrea Constand sued Mr Cosby but settled for an undisclosed sum.
Excerpts from his testimony appeared in the New York Times on Saturday, which detailed how he pursued women.
Mr Cosby, 78, is facing a series of sexual assault accusations dating back to the 1970s.
He has always maintained his innocence and has never been criminally charged.
His lawyers said Ms Constand should be "sanctioned" for breaching their confidentiality agreement.
Ms Constand was a former employee of Temple University - the Philadelphia college with which Mr Cosby was once closely associated.
She claimed she was tricked into taking drugs before being sexually assaulted by the comedian. She sued after a prosecutor declined to press charges.
All documents from the 2005 lawsuit were sealed, until a federal judge released redacted excerpts earlier this month.
They contained testimony from Mr Cosby, in which he admitted under oath to obtaining a sedative, Quaaludes, to give to women he wanted to have sex with.
Mr Cosby also revealed he offered money to Ms Constand, and other women who had made allegations, in the form of educational trusts.
The rise and fall of Quaaludes
Bill Cosby: America's dad under fire
On 8 July Ms Constand applied to have the entire deposition unsealed and to break free from any confidentiality restrictions.
The New York Times later acquired its own record of the 1,000-page deposition and posted details on its website.
But his lawyers argue Mr Cosby's admission to using Quaaludes in the 1970s does not mean he drugged and sexually assaulted women.
"Reading the media accounts, one would conclude that defendant has admitted to rape," the filing to the District Court in Philadelphia said.
"And yet defendant admitted to nothing more than being one of the many people who introduced Quaaludes into their consensual sex life in the 1970s."
They called Ms Constand's request to release the full details of the settlement as an "obvious attempt to smear" the performer.
She should be also be sanctioned for leaking the deposition to the New York Times through her "own hired court reporter", they added.
"This massive breach of protocol and of the parties' settlement agreement dwarfs the petty complaints (Ms Constand) makes in her motion," the filing states.
Most of the claims of sexual assault against the star are barred by statutes of limitations. They restrict the length of time in which legal actions can be taken after an alleged crime has been committed.
The accusations, which Mr Cosby has described as "fantastical" and "uncorroborated", have led to some of his stand-up shows being called off and the cancellation of some TV projects.
2002:  Lachele Covington, a 20-year-old actress, reportedly files a police report saying she had been inappropriately touched. No further action was taken.
2005:  Andrea Constand sues Mr Cosby for sexual assault. The case is eventually settled out of court in 2006.
2014: Over the year, dozens of women make public accusations that Mr Cosby sexually assaulted them. Live shows are cancelled across the country amid protests
November 2014: TV network NBC scraps plans for a new show with the comedian following allegations by TV presenter Janice Dickinson that he had assaulted her in 1982. Repeats of the Cosby Show are also pulled from cable TV
December 2014: Judy Huth sues Mr Cosby for molesting her in 1974 when she was 15 years old. Mr Cosby counter-sues, claiming she is trying to extort money from him
May 2015: Mr Cosby speaks publicly about the allegations for the first time. "I can't speak; I just don't want to argue; I don't talk about it," he told ABC News.


Fair funding for Wales under the Barnett formula would be a "fitting tribute" to the man it was named after, Lord Wigley has said.

The ex-Plaid leader said Lord Barnett, who has died aged 91, was a "lovely, gentle, intelligent colleague".
Wales would get an extra £1.2bn a year if it received the same funding per head as Scotland, Lord Wigley said.
Government spokesman Lord Newby said Wales would get funding in line with "what people think is fair."
The Barnett formula, devised in the late 1970s, determines how much Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland receive if the UK government alters spending on services such as health and education in England.
Under the formula, extra funding - or cuts - from Westminster are allocated according to the population size of each nation and which powers are devolved to them.
However, Lord Newby told the House of Lords that "virtually nobody understands how we've got to where we are today" in terms of funding the devolved administrations.
He added: "For the period ahead Wales will be receiving a figure in line with most definitions, I believe, of what people think is fair."
Lord Wigley said that if Wales received the same funding as Scotland relative to population it would get £1.2bn more.
He asked: "On what possible basis of equity can Wales be denied parity with Scotland in regards to such funding?"
"Would it not now be a fitting tribute to Lord Barnett if the government today pledged to revive the formula to deliver for Wales parity with Scotland in funding matters?"
During the Lords debate on Monday warm tributes were made to the former Labour cabinet minister who died on Saturday.
Lord Wigley said Lord Barnett was among the first to recognise that the funding formula in his name needed radical reform.
Liberal Democrat peer Lord Thomas of Gresford said that Lord Barnett was a "delightful person", while Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, Labour leader in the Lords, said that Lord Barnett was an "extraordinary" man.


A man has suffered a life-threatening chest injury after being shot with an air gun.

The 38-year-old was hit by an air pellet at Colton Copse in Chandler's Ford, Hampshire, shortly before 20:00 GMT on Sunday.
A 25-year-old man, from Eastleigh, has been arrested on suspicion of assault and is being questioned.
The injured man was taken to Southampton General Hospital where he is in a stable condition.


Rochdale striker Steven Davies has signed a one-year contract extension to keep him at the club until 2018.

Davies, who was injured in last month's defeat by Southend, has scored 11 goals in 30 games this season.
And the 29-year-old believes his injury held up contract negotiations.
"It's something me and the manager have been talking about for a couple of weeks, and if it wasn't for my injury, we probably would have got the deal done sooner," he told the club website.
"I've been focusing on rehabilitating properly from that, then we got down to business to get the deal done.
"The injury came at a difficult time, so for the gaffer to still want to give me a new deal was great."


Two men who died in a plane crash off the Kintyre peninsula had just completed an ascent of Ben Nevis for charity, it has emerged.

The bodies of Tony Woodward and Bob Archer were found with the wreckage of their plane after it failed to arrive in Carlisle on Thursday.
They had left Oban after completing the 9.5 hour fundraising challenge for the Shooting Star Chase children's charity.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch is looking into the crash.
The alarm was raised after the light aircraft, which was being piloted by Mr Woodward, failed to reach its destination after taking off from Oban Airport at 11:30 on Thursday.
The crash happened about two miles off the coast, near Skipness.
The men, who were believed to be from Surrey, had taken part in the charity challenge with their friend, Peter Ogivie, on Tuesday.
He had written about their climb, saying the team were "hugely proud" of their achievement to raise more than Â£2,000 for the charity.
He said: "We marched and then struggled through relentless rain with plummeting temperatures. Below freezing at the top we were hit by freezing rain being blown by 45 KT winds."
In a statement posted on the Shooting Star Chase Just Giving page, Mr Woodward's family called his loss devastating.
The statement said: "After completing the epic journey up Ben Nevis, tragically Tony and one of the other walkers, Bob, died in a light aircraft crash on their way home.
"This was devastating news for all involved."
Air First Ltd, who taught Mr Woodward to fly, also paid tribute to him.
They said: "He had been piloting the plane himself having left Oban to go to Carlisle, the full details at this time are unknown.
"He had just completed the ascent to Ben Nevis prior to the accident with two friends raising money for Shooting Star Chase that he was extremely passionate about.
"We at Airfirst had the privilege of teaching Tony to fly to fulfil his dream of becoming a pilot.
"His passion, love and enthusiasm for flying was evident in his support and participation of school fly outs and social events."
The cause of the crash remains unknown.


Poet Roger McGough has criticised the lack of poetry books currently being published for children.

As chair of the judges for 2015's Children's Poetry Award, McGough said they were "excited by the variety and quality" of the submissions this year.
However, he added they were "sorry that there were not more submissions and that so few publishers are producing books for children and young people".
Five books have been shortlisted for this year's award.
They include Mandy Coe's anthology Let in the Stars, Joseph Coelho's Werewolf Club Rules and Hilda Offen's Blue Balloons and Rabbit Ears.
Give the Ball to the Poet: A New Anthology of Caribbean Poetry - edited by Georgie Horrell, Aisha Spencer and Morag Styles - and Rachel Rooney's My Life as a Goldfish and other poems were also nominated.
McGough said the panel of judges had enjoyed "a spirited discussion" before arriving at the shortlist.
Organised by The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education, the CLPE Poetry Award (CLiPPA) was launched in 2003 and is the UK's only prize for published poetry for children.
McGough said the work of CLPE was "essential" in highlighting "the importance of published children's poetry and give it the status it deserves in schools and in the world of children's literature".
The organisation's chief executive Louise Johns-Shepherd said children's poetry was a "fundamental element in the development of children's literacy".
The winner will be announced at a ceremony at the National Theatre in London on 16 July, with the winner receiving Â£1000.
This year CLPE has also launched a shadowing scheme to help schools to get involved with the award.


Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza has been sworn in for a controversial third term in office.

The BBC's Prime Ndikumagenge in Burundi says the ceremony came as a surprise, as Mr Nkurunziza had been expected to be sworn in next week.
At least 100 people have died in protests since Mr Nkurunziza announced in April he would run for a third term.
The government accuses the opposition, which says the third term is illegal, of causing the violence.
In his inauguration speech, Mr Nkurunziza promised to end the violence within two months.
No foreign head of state attended the inauguration.
Burundi's government says a number of countries apologised for not sending their delegates, because of the change of date.
BBC Africa correspondent Alastair Leithead says that by being sworn in a week ahead of schedule, the president sidestepped the opposition, headed off predicted protests and gave any heads of state who didn't want to come, a good excuse for not turning up.
The African Union, European Union and the US State Department have all expressed concerns that July's election was not free and fair.
The UN observer mission said the election was not free and credible and was held "in an environment of profound mistrust" between political rivals.
The African Union did not send observers - the first time it has taken such a stance against a member state.
Who is Pierre Nkurunziza?
Profile: Pierre Nkurunziza
Presidents who cling to power
Burundi's fraught poll explained


Carlisle were beaten for the first time this season as bottom of the table Newport shocked them at Rodney Parade.

Josh Sheehan's early strike and a smart finish from Rhys Healey after a second half counter-attack secured the win for Graham Westley's side.
Carlisle's had been on a winning run of eight successive games, while the Exiles are now unbeaten in five.
Newport remain bottom of League Two but are now a point behind Leyton Orient while Keith Curle's side remain second.
Newport manager Graham Westley told BBC Radio Wales Sport: "The players have worked so hard and they looked the real deal in League Two today.
"We are an improving team and the players deserve enormous credit."
Match ends, Newport County 2, Carlisle United 0.
Second Half ends, Newport County 2, Carlisle United 0.
Attempt missed. Jennison Myrie-Williams (Newport County) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
Danny Grainger (Carlisle United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jennison Myrie-Williams (Newport County).
Jennison Myrie-Williams (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Charlie Wyke (Carlisle United).
Foul by Reggie Lambe (Carlisle United).
Dan Butler (Newport County) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Newport County. Finley Wood replaces Josh Sheehan.
Attempt missed. Tom Miller (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Corner,  Newport County. Conceded by Mark Gillespie.
Attempt saved. Tom Owen-Evans (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Charlie Wyke (Carlisle United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Tom Miller (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Danny Grainger (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sean Rigg (Newport County).
Substitution, Carlisle United. Derek Asamoah replaces Luke Joyce.
Attempt blocked. Jennison Myrie-Williams (Newport County) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Luke Joyce (Carlisle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Corner,  Carlisle United. Conceded by Dan Butler.
Macaulay Gillesphey (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Rhys Healey (Newport County).
Substitution, Newport County. Jennison Myrie-Williams replaces Josh O'Hanlon.
Goal!  Newport County 2, Carlisle United 0. Rhys Healey (Newport County) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dan Butler.
Attempt blocked. Danny Grainger (Carlisle United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Corner,  Carlisle United. Conceded by Scot Bennett.
Macaulay Gillesphey (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Josh O'Hanlon (Newport County) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Ben Tozer (Newport County).
Tom Miller (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Josh O'Hanlon (Newport County).
Attempt blocked. Josh Sheehan (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Newport County. Tom Owen-Evans replaces Kyle Cameron.
Nicky Adams (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Darren Jones (Newport County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Darren Jones (Newport County).
Attempt saved. Luke Joyce (Carlisle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt blocked. Josh Sheehan (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Tom Miller (Carlisle United).


British number two Heather Watson reached the second round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells with a three-set win over Galina Voskoboeva.

Watson, 23, was back in action for the first time since claiming her third WTA title at the Monterrey Open on Sunday.
The world number 53 won the first set on a tie-break before her Kazakh opponent levelled the match, but Watson hit back to win 7-6 (7-4) 4-6 6-1.
"When it was important, I was able to bring out my best tennis," Watson said.
Watson, who was granted a wildcard after reaching the fourth round last year, plays Romanian 32nd seed Monica Niculescu in round two.


Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he barely spoke to former US National Security Adviser Michael Flynn at a dinner in Moscow in 2015.

A widely-posted photo of the event has fuelled speculation about possible links between US President Donald Trump's administration and the Kremlin.
But Mr Putin told NBC he was only told afterwards who Mr Flynn was.
Mr Flynn was sacked in February after misleading the White House about his ties with Russia's envoy to the US.
Mr Flynn later invoked his right against self-incrimination, declining to testify in the US Senate Intelligence Committee about his Russian ties and alleged Moscow meddling in America's 2016 presidential elections.
President Trump denies any collusion with Russia, describing an ongoing FBI investigation a "witch hunt" against him.
In December 2015, President Putin and Mr Flynn attended the gala dinner in honour of Russia's RT television network.
But during the interview broadcast by NBC News' Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly, the Russian leader played down his contacts with the American general.
"I made my speech, then I talked about some other stuff, then I got up and left," Mr Putin said.
"And then afterwards I was told 'Do you know that was an American gentleman and he was involved in some things? He used to be in the security services.' That's it. I didn't even really talk to him."
He also rejected as "another load of nonsense" claims that the Kremlin had any damaging information on President Trump.


A new therapy which involves a patient embodying themselves in a virtual reality avatar of a crying child could help with depression, research has suggested.

Patients wear a headset that projects a life-sized image,  firstly of an adult and then of a child.
The new research tested the technology for the first time on patients with a mental health problem.
The project is part of a continuing study at University College London.
The university, which is working in collaboration with ICREA-University of Barcelona, has suspected for several years that virtual therapy could help with mental health conditions.
This latest research - which has been published in the British Journal of Psychiatry Open and was funded by the Medical Research Council - lays the basis for a large-scale clinical trial to be carried out in the future.
The study took 15 people who were all being treated by the NHS for depression and put them through the avatar experience.
Firstly, the patients - 10 of whom were female and the rest male - put on a headset which projected an adult version of themselves into a virtual reality mirror.
The patient was asked to mentally identify with the adult avatar, which exactly replicated the patient's body movements, in a process known as "embodiment".
They then noticed a separate avatar of a small crying child, who was also in the mirror.
They were told to say compassionate phrases to the child to try and comfort and console it.
Patients asked the child to think of a time when it was happy, and to think of someone who loved them.
At this stage of the experiment the roles were then reversed.
The scientists altered the headset and the patient was then embodied into the avatar of the child - which then copied the patient's own body movements.
The participants then heard the same phrases of compassion spoken back to them from the adult avatar in the person's own voice.
Lead author Prof Chris Brewin said the results were promising and patients had described the experience as "very powerful".
Of the 15 patients, aged between 23-61, nine recorded reduced levels of depression one month after the trial.
And four of those nine reported "a clinically significant drop in depression severity".
The rest recorded no changes.
The avatar sessions typically lasted for 45 minutes and the patients were given three sessions.
Prof Brewin said he believed the effects of the treatment could last for up to a month.
"People who struggle with anxiety and depression can be excessively self-critical when things go wrong in their lives," he said.
"In this study, by comforting the child and then hearing their own words back, patients are indirectly giving themselves compassion. The aim was to teach patients to be more compassionate towards themselves and less self-critical."
Co-author Prof Mel Slater added: "We now hope to develop the technique further to conduct a larger controlled trial, so that we can confidently determine any clinical benefit."
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The Brecon Beacons is the chosen testing ground for one of the most revered fighting forces in the world - the Special Air Service.

A deceptive and gruelling environment, the deadly extent of its pitfalls was brought into sharp and shocking focus on Saturday 13 July, 2013.
Early morning, three supremely fit, experienced soldiers set off on a 16-mile timed march.
It was a relatively short exercise in a series they had volunteered to undertake in a quest to being accepted into "The Regiment".
None of them made it back.
A month-long inquest into why these soldiers collapsed delivered a conclusion of neglect on Tuesday.
Here BBC Wales news website takes a closer look at one of Wales' last true wildernesses, its significant role in the history of the SAS and why it is no stranger to tragedy.
On bank holiday weekend August 1900, five-year-old Tommy Jones left home with his father, a young Rhondda miner, to visit his grandparents' farm in the Brecon hills.
Wearing new boots, his best sailor suit and collaret, they caught the train to Brecon before they both set off on a four-mile walk to the farm set in a deep valley below the highest summit in south Wales, Pen-y-Fan.
With only a quarter of a mile to go, Tommy and his father stopped at the Login, a building now in ruins but then a busy camp for soldiers training at a nearby rifle range.
Mr Jones bought a drink from the canteen and a penny's worth of biscuits for his boy.
As fate would have it, they met Tommy's grandfather and cousin, William. Serendipity. Or so it seemed.
The men decided to have another drink and 13-year-old William was told to run to the farm and warn his grandmother to expect guests. An excited Tommy followed him.
Just a few hundred yards along, he began to cry. More at home in the terraced streets of the valleys, Tommy became frightened by the hills. His cousin told him to go back to his dad.
Around 15 minutes later, the cousin returned to the camp from seeing his grandmother. "Where's Tommy?" Mr Jones asked.
It wasn't long before soldiers joined the search - the first of 29 days of scouring the hills in a drama that captivated the entire nation and its newspapers.
A gardener's wife, who lived near Brecon, claimed the Daily Mail's reward for finding Tommy.
She had dreamed of his whereabouts and shrugged it off. But the dream played on her mind and a few days later she persuaded her husband to borrow a pony and trap for the long trip across the Beacons. She found Tommy's remains exactly where she dreamed they would be.
In his panic and fear, Tommy had climbed a staggering 1,300ft onto a ridge above the Login. No-one had thought to search so high, dismissing it as beyond the reach of a small child.
Anyone growing up around the beacons learns the story of Little Tommy Jones at an early age. It never leaves you. It's designed not to; a heart-breaking reminder that the beguiling beauty of the hills belie a ruthless, capricious nature.
On Saturday July 13, 2013, perhaps for the first time since the tragic events of Tommy Jones over 100 years before, the nation's attention shifted once again to the Brecon Beacons. The same question was asked: "How on earth could that happen?"
Corporal James Dunsby, 31, Lance Corporal Craig Roberts, 24, and Lance Corporal Edward Maher, 31, were men in their prime. They were supremely fit, intelligent and determined reservists with recognised military experience.
When they started the 16-mile march on what the Met Office forecast to be one of the summer's warmest days, they had no reason on earth to expect it to be their last. No one did.
Throughout the day, all three men - part of a 78-strong mixture of reservist and regular soldiers trying out for the SAS - made good progress, passing through checkpoints to pick up grid references for the next rendezvous point.
All three were on course to complete the march within time. Then, one by one, their GPS trackers became static.
When help eventually reached Edward Maher, rigor mortis had already set in. His body was in a seated position, a bottle of water in one hand, a half-eaten chocolate bar in the other.
Shortly before, Craig Roberts was found convulsing by another soldier. Despite medical help, he was pronounced dead on the hills at 1710 BST.
James Dunsby was tantalisingly close to the finish near the busy A470, when he collapsed. He died two weeks later in hospital.
Roberts and Maher died of hyperthermia. Dunsby died of multiple organ failure as a result of hyperthermia.
The arguments about what exactly led to their deaths continue to rage: lack of acclimatisation; not enough water at checkpoints; MoD guidelines not being followed; lack of risk assessments prior and during the march;  unreliable GPS tracking; poor contingency planning; delayed medical help, and so on.
Regardless of who or what is right, few disagree that something went terribly wrong that day.
"I was surprised to find three had died on one selection," said Rusty Firmin, the man who brought the SAS to the attention of the world when he played a lead role in one of the regiment's defining moments - the storming of the Iranian Embassy following a six-day siege in London in 1980.
"I can't remember that ever happening before.
"Heat exhaustion is easy to spot if you're looking for it. I'm certain the instructors on that day, as with any other day, would have been looking for signs.
"I've worked all over the world in 100-plus countries on every continent and actually, how many people have I known who have suffered with heat sickness? I can probably count the number on one hand."
Former SAS sergeant and novelist Andy McNab is just as baffled.
"Clearly something went wrong which needs to be rectified," he said.
"Every soldier knows from day one that the only important things in the field are ammunition and water. You can't survive without them so you're aware of their importance.
"With this in mind, I find it very hard to understand why the guys, who were issued with water bottles, got into this state."
They were not the only candidates to get into that state.
Just a few hours into the march, the first of seven cases of heat sickness that day were identified.
The inquiry into the men's deaths heard accounts from walkers flagged down by distressed soldiers, not those who subsequently perished, who pleaded for water.
Soldiers are a common sight on the Beacons. They have been for centuries. This is an area whose military history dates back to Roman times when it served as a cavalry base.
Army camps remain at Sennybridge and Dering Lines, the Infantry Battle School Brecon - former regimental HQ of the legendary South Wales Borderers whose stand at Rorke's Drift was immortalised in the film Zulu.
The remains of a number of other long-abandoned training camps, rifle and live firing ranges, are slowly being reclaimed by nature.
Elsewhere around the 500 sq miles of Brecon Beacons National Park, the strewn and rusted wreckage of some 40 warplanes which crashed mainly during the Second World War, are yet another reminder of the hazards unleashed by the hills' unique weather system.
This subject of the weather was of course central to the inquest into the soldiers' deaths. It opened in June this year when Coroner Louise Hunt was told the weather that day was "freaky".
But sub-zero or stifling, it is precisely this spectrum of uncompromising, disorientating conditions which is so valued by the Army.
Speak to anyone who knows the Beacons and they will tell you 'things turn on a sixpence up there'.
"It can be like the Costa Del Sol down by the Storey Arms car park," said Ken Jones, organiser of the Fan Dance (named after Pen-y-Fan) an annual endurance event inspired by SAS selection.
"You go a few hundred metres up and the wind and hill fog can come in and it can be raining heavy and you can come undone very quickly."
So why exactly is the weather so testing and unpredictable?
The Beacons are the first land mass the jet stream hits as it rolls off the Irish Sea, explains Brecon Mountain Rescue's Mark Jones.
"On a clear day, because the Beacons are the highest point in the area, you can see the weather rolling like a cloud bank off the coast.
"I think the time it catches people out is when there's already established cloud but it's higher than the peaks. Then, suddenly, the cloud drops. There's a temperature change, visibility is gone.
"That can happen within 10 to 15 minutes with visibility reduced from 'as far as the eye can see' to just 15ft."
These unpredictable conditions ensure the month-long selection marches - held twice a year, summer and winter, and followed by five months of 'continuation training' - are not only used to test physical fitness, but something arguably more important - strength of mind.
"You've got fairly miserable weather, highly demanding terrain and the shape of the landscape requires, in many instances, careful route selection to ensure it doesn't just become a physical exercise," says Ken Jones, a serving Paratrooper when he undertook SAS selection.
"It's a mental one too, with the candidate required to think and he's ultimately responsible for his own actions on this individual, self-sustained march."
Recalling his first attempt at selection which he failed, Andy McNab said: "It's extremely hard."
"Literally it's every day, you've got to travel between 15 and 64km with a bergen (backpack) weighing between 35 and 55lbs. And you've got to go from one checkpoint to another and cover the distance as quickly as you can because you don't know the cut-off time for that day's tab (march).
"For me it wasn't the physical side of it, it was the mental endurance.
"You can't gauge yourself against other people because other people are doing different routes. It's all about your own best efforts and that was very, very hard. You just had to keep going."
Ken Jones said he nearly died due to exposure at night during his selection month's final 40-mile march called the Long Drag.
"I was in serious trouble and I remember my thought process," he added. "It wasn't 'oh my God, I might die'. It was 'oh my God, I might fail selection'."
"That's an indomitable force. What can you do to vanquish that? I've heard accusations from candidates who've failed the course that a more careful and intelligent form of man management is required to control that do-or-die attitude.
"How do you control an urge like that? If someone doesn't particularly care about dying at the time and they want to continue at all costs?"
That same urge, he explained, can lead to candidates becoming accomplished actors at checkpoints, bluffing their way through questions designed to expose problems like heat illness which would result in their instant withdrawal.
And that is one thing the most determined candidates fear above anything else.
So with all the extremes of weather in mind, the uninitiated might think a hot July day is preferable to a cold and wet one in February.
But then 13 July was not just warm. It proved to be one of the hottest days of the year; the temperature reached 27C.
Nathan Webster, a keen hill walker from Cardiff, was around Pen-y-Fan that afternoon.
"It was roasting," he recalls. "Even at 4 o'clock, the heat was searing, pumping down on me. You could feel it burning your skin.
"On parts of the ridges you could see heat thermals moving around the valley. It was as if heat was trapped there. There was no air, absolutely no breeze."
Mr Webster had climbed onto to a high ridge with a panoramic view of the central Beacons area when he heard a helicopter.
"Through my binoculars I could see they were Army," he said. "I could see the helicopter was there and a couple of guys were crouched down, not moving.
"To the left of them was a big group of people. They were gathered round an area with what looked like large rucksacks or even body bags dotted around.
"At that distance it was hard to make out what had happened but I knew it was something bad."
It was not until much later that Mr Webster heard reports of heat sickness. Heat sickness? This was the Welsh countryside. We're hardly a nation famed for its problems with excessive heat.
That could have been part of the problem. The inquest into the soldiers' deaths heard that the majority of heat illness cases actually happen in temperate climates, like the UK.
Leaving aside factors like genetics which can play a part, soldiers, particularly the reservists, may not have had much opportunity to acclimatise to such intense heat, the inquest heard.
It is also possible the soldiers appeared to be functioning normally, until it was too late.
"Heat exhaustion can hit pretty quickly," explained Professor Brent Ruby, an expert in heat stress and human endurance at the University of Montana, USA.
"Especially in a population bent on really pushing themselves. Often they can push through the initial warning signs and initial discomfort and then quickly get into trouble."
So how do troops manage to cope in intensely hot environments such as the desert and not cope in the Welsh hills?
"The difference between the real world combat scenario and this scenario is the work rate," he said.
"The work rate in this selection scenario is considerably harder than they could expect to find in the majority of their operations. Just because of the duration and metabolic load created by this event."
He added that the fact that the soldiers were against the clock also meant they were unlikely to have had sufficient time to cool down properly.
"People constantly think 'Oh, if I just drink enough water, I'll be fine," he said. "'I can do whatever I want, run at this pace, hike at this pace and not have any problems'. That is a major misconception.
"The number one way to prevent or reduce risk is to slow down to enable the body to offload heat - remove clothes, shade, rest, then a distant next stop is cold water.
"If this doesn't happen it ultimately leads to an unusually high skin temperature and when that starts to encroach on the internal body temperature, or may even exceed it, that's when you get into a very dangerous situation.
"They can't offload heat and it just builds and builds and then the core temperature soars and then they collapse."
Earlier this month, the man who was director of UK Special Services in 2013 gave evidence at the inquest into the deaths.
Soldier EE, as he was referred to, said he was "very aware" of heat injuries; he had served in Afghanistan where temperatures hit the 40s and low 50s.
He was then asked about the Ministry of Defence's code of practice on heat illness set out in a document entitled JSP539
This document states that in the case of heat illness, an activity should stop if operationally possible. Had this been adhered to, the march on July 13, 2013, would have been called off after only a few hours as two other men were withdrawn due to heat sickness after midday.
This, the coroner, said would have saved the lives of Craig Roberts, Edward Maher and James Dunsby.
Soldier EE was asked about organisers of the march admitting to the coroner that they were not aware of that document.
"It wouldn't surprise me," he told the hearing.
"It would not at first glance appear relevant to a rigorous march in the Welsh mountains," adding that he would, however, be surprised if they were not keenly aware of symptoms of heat illness.
As if the point needs to be pressed home anymore...
It does not matter who you are - five-year-old Tommy Jones or an special forces soldier - getting caught on the wrong side of the treacherous terrain of the Brecon Beacons with their capricious elemental forces, never ends well.
Additional reporting: Delyth Lloyd


Williams test driver Susie Wolff says she has the ability to keep alive her hopes of becoming the first woman to race in Formula 1 for 40 years.

The 32-year-old had her first outing in practice this year at the Spanish Grand Prix on Friday.
She was 0.8 seconds off the pace of team-mate Felipe Massa.
"If I did not think I was capable of racing at this level I would be the first to take myself out of the game," Wolff said.
"I 100% believe a woman can compete at this level."
Scotland's Wolff has admitted that Williams' decision to appoint German Adrian Sutil as their reserve driver this season was a blow for her, and said this week that she felt she was "close, but still very far away" from racing in F1.
But she said after her practice run in Spain on Friday: "I am in no way bitter about what has happened recently.
"Yes I was disappointed but this is a tough environment. The best drivers are fighting to get in here.
"We all bring something different to the table and we are all fighting for the same opportunities and there are so few opportunities. I was well aware it was going to be a tough fight and it is."
Sutil was appointed as reserve driver ahead of Wolff in the wake of race driver Valtteri Bottas suffering a back injury that forced him to miss the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.
Williams said one of the reasons was that Wolff does not possess a 'super-licence' - the licence required to compete in F1 races.
"I will get a super-licence when I need one. Right now, there is no reason," said Wolff.
"I can't apply for a super-licence in the hope I will do a race until I see that a race is close to happening, which right now it is not. What do I need it for? Right now, I don't need it."
Her next outing in the car will be in a test at the Red Bull Ring a couple of days after the Austrian Grand Prix next month.
She will then run in first practice at the British Grand Prix on 3 July.
Wolff said she would not start to think about talking to Williams about their plans for 2016 until after her run at Silverstone.
"My frame of mind is to optimise every time I'm in the car, to learn as much as I can, to make sure I am always improving, doing what the team expect, and then see where that brings me, because it's very difficult in this environment," said Wolff, adding that she had lost 0.3 seconds on her fastest lap on Friday after a "moment" in Turn Three
"I am not someone who lets my head get down. Things can change very quickly. I am completely realistic.
"I am close but I am very far away, I know that. Ultimately I was just so looking forward to being in the car this morning, because that is the best part and it speaks more than 1,000 words can."


Nick Clegg says he is pushing his Tory coalition partners to agree to cut income tax bills by another £100.

The government has repeatedly raised the personal allowance - the amount people can earn before paying income tax - since the 2010 election.
The threshold is due to reach £10,000 in 2014/15 but Mr Clegg wants to make it £10,500 from 2015 - a move that would cost the Treasury £1bn.
Conservatives said they would consider it but any changes must be "paid for".
Deputy prime minister and Lib Dem leader Mr Clegg said raising the personal allowance to £10,000 - a tax cut "worth £700 to millions of people" - was a "huge step" which he had been campaigning on for years.
And he said he wanted to raise the threshold by another £500 as a "workers' bonus".
The cut would be worth £100 a year to 24 million ordinary rate taxpayers, while taking around half a million people out of income tax altogether.
Mr Clegg said his preferred method of paying for the tax cut would be to raise taxes on the "super wealthy" through a "mansion tax" but he said the Conservatives would not agree to this.
He told the BBC's Andrew Marr programme "we will find other ways" to fund the policy.
"It's not agreed yet. It's something I would like to see us deliver as a coalition government in the next budget," he added.
The basic rate of income tax is 20% so an extra £500 on the personal allowance would cut tax by £100 for anyone earning £10,500 or more, though people earning over £100,000 get reduced personal allowance or none at all.
Mr Clegg said the Liberal Democrats' "long-term ambition" was to "make sure no one pays any income tax on the equivalent of the minimum wage, which is around £12,500".
The personal allowance for under 65s was £6,475 when the coalition came to power and it has risen in each of the last three tax years to its current level of £9,440.
The government has already agreed to raise it to £10,000 from April, and Mr Clegg's latest proposal would take effect in April 2015 - just before the next general election.
Some Lib Dems are angry at what they say are "blatant" attempts by the Tories to claim credit for raising the personal allowance - an idea they say was rejected by David Cameron before the 2010 election.
For Labour, shadow treasury chief secretary Chris Leslie said the coalition's changes had left working families worse off overall and called for Mr Clegg to explain how he would pay for the proposal.
"Working people facing a cost-of-living crisis need help right now, but Nick Clegg's government has instead prioritised a huge tax cut for those earning over £150,000," he said.
"When it comes to people on middle and low incomes, the government is giving with one hand but taking away much more with the other."
While the basic personal allowance rate has been rising under the coalition government, the level at which "higher rate" 40% tax is payable has been reduced in steps from £37,400 when the coalition came to power to £32,011 now (payable on income above the personal allowance).
The "additional rate" - 50% of earnings over £150,000 - introduced by Labour just before the 2010 election was reduced to 45% by the current government in April this year.
People aged 65 and over get a higher personal allowance. The current personal allowance is £10,500 for 65 to 74-year-olds and £10,660 for people aged 75 and over. From April 2013 the allowance for over-65s was frozen while that for under-65s went up. Those who turn 65 after 5 April 2013 do not get an extra allowance at all.
Income tax rates are the same across the UK, though the Scottish Parliament is expected to set rates there from 2016 under powers given by the 2012 Scotland Act.


The UK is seeing a small but "extremely worrying" rise in the number of children developing a type of diabetes that is normally seen only in adults and is linked to obesity, say experts.

Figures for England and Wales show 533 children and young people are now diagnosed with type 2 diabetes - up from about 500 the year before.
This is still only 2% of all child diabetes - most have type 1 instead.
The Local Government Association says it is still too much.
Diabetes is a condition that causes a person's blood sugar to become too high.
There are two main types:
The body, which represents hundreds of individual councils with responsibility for public health, believes cases will continue to rise unless bold action is taken in the English government's awaited childhood obesity strategy.
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The LGA is calling for teaspoon sugar labelling and a reduction of sugar content in fizzy drinks, greater provision of tap water in schools and restaurants, and for councils to be given powers to ban junk food advertising near schools, to be included in the childhood obesity strategy.
Cllr Izzi Seccombe, from the LGA, said: "This is a wake-up call for the nation as the government faces a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take radical game-changing action in its forthcoming childhood obesity strategy.
"We cannot afford to delay any longer."
The government has repeatedly postponed the publication of its action plan.
The release date is now expected to be some time this summer.
A Department of Health official said: "We are determined to tackle obesity, and our comprehensive childhood obesity strategy will build on measures we are already taking, like the soft drinks industry levy.
"The strategy will look at everything that contributes to a child becoming overweight and set out what more can be done by all."
Helen Dickens, of Diabetes UK, said people needed help to make healthier choices and lead healthier lives.
"Type 2 diabetes typically develops in adults over the age of 40, so it is extremely worrying that we are seeing more young people develop the condition," she said.
"Although there are a number of risk factors for type 2 diabetes, some of which are out of our control, one of the most important risk factors is being overweight or obese, which we can do something about.
"That is why it is so essential that the government publishes it's childhood obesity strategy to help make it as easy as possible."
Data from the National Child Measurement Programme - an annual spot-check of the heights and weights of children in English primary schools - shows one in 10 four- and five-year-olds and one in five 10 and 11-year-olds are obese.


Britain should not remain a member of the single market once it leaves the European Union, former Conservative leader Michael Howard has said.

Lord Howard told the BBC the UK should secure "access" to it instead.
He also said Brexit negotiations should be concluded "as soon as we can" to avoid prolonged uncertainty about the UK's future relationship with the EU.
The government has not said when it will start the formal exit process, other than it will not begin this year.
There is also uncertainty over the nature of the UK's relationship with the bloc post-Brexit, especially whether it intends to remain a member of the single market, which offers free movement of goods, finance and people around the EU without any tariffs, quotas or taxes.
European leaders have repeatedly stressed that the UK cannot stay in the single market without accepting the free movement of EU citizens.
The UK voted to end its EU membership by 51.9% to 48.1% in a referendum on 23 June.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Lord Howard - who backed the Leave campaign - said the British people voted for control of their own laws, immigration and borders and for the UK to have the right to make free trade agreements with other countries.
"I don't think you can have those things without leaving the single market. I don't think we should be or need to be members of the single market.
"Of course we want access to the single market which is an entirely different thing".
The peer, who led the party 2003 to 2005, said "every country in the world" had access to the single market to sell their goods and the "important question" was "what are the terms on which you have access".
"Every European country which is not a member of the EU, with the exception of Belarus, has a free-trade agreement on goods with the European Union. That means no tariffs, no tariff barriers, free trade on goods.
"I have no doubt that's what we're going to get," he said, saying that it was in the EU's own interest.
Rejecting the argument that Britain may not be able to get the deal it wanted, he insisted: "We are not a supplicant. We will get a good deal."
Lord Howard said it would be a good idea "to bring these negotiations to a conclusion as soon as we can" and while it was perfectly reasonable for the government to take time to look at all the angles "uncertainty is something we don't want to prolong".
He also said terms such as "hard" or "soft" Brexit were unhelpful and unnecessary, saying a "fair" Brexit deal - to both the UK and the EU - was what was needed.
Prime Minister Theresa May has insisted "Brexit means Brexit" but she is coming under sustained pressure from political opponents to set out the government's Brexit strategy and its vision for the UK's future outside the EU.
Mrs May has refused to give a "running commentary", saying it would be an error to "reveal our hand prematurely".
But she has said the government was committed to securing the "right deal" for Britain, that includes a "good deal" in trading goods and services, as well as controls on immigration.
Meanwhile, French presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy has said, if elected, he would give Britain an opportunity to reverse its vote to leave the EU by negotiating a new treaty with Germany for EU members, the Financial Times reports.
The paper quotes him as saying: "I would tell the British, you've gone out but we have a new treaty on the table so you have an opportunity to vote again. But this time not on the old Europe, on the new Europe.
"Do you want to stay? If yes, so much the better. Because I can't accept to lose Europe's second-largest economy while we are negotiating with Turkey over its EU membership.
"And if it's no, then it's a real no. You're in or you're out."


At least 28 people have been killed and 329 injured in a huge explosion in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul, police and officials say.

A suicide attacker detonated a vehicle and a fierce gun battle followed. Officials say the attack is now over and the area has been cleared.
A Taliban spokesman said the group carried out the attack.
It comes a week after it said it was launching its "spring offensive", warning of large-scale attacks.
Tuesday's bombing happened during the morning rush hour in Pul-e-Mahmud, a busy neighbourhood where homes, mosques, schools and businesses nestle close to the Ministry of Defence, other ministries and military compounds.
Soldiers and security officers are reported to be among the casualties, but the majority are civilians.
The blast shattered windows up to 1.6km (one mile) away. The Associated Press quoted a police officer as saying it was one of the most powerful explosions he had ever heard, and he could not see or hear anything for 20 minutes after.
It appears the initial blast cleared the way for Taliban fighters to enter the area - a commonly used tactic.
"One of the suicide attackers blew up an explosives-laden truck in a public parking lot next to a government building," Kabul police chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi told AFP news agency.
"The second attacker engaged security forces in a gun battle before being gunned down," he added.
Hours after the assault was declared over, another blast rocked Kabul. Police told a BBC reporter in Kabul it was caused by an improvised explosive device (IED).
"It was as huge as in the morning," said Afghan MP Elay Ershad. "So everyone [is] scared of this situation."
Casualties are high because the assault happened in a densely packed neighbourhood during rush hour.
Usually the Taliban does not say it is behind such attacks, which cause large numbers of civilian deaths. But today they did because the target was high-profile and it appears that, for them, hitting the target was worth the civilians killed and wounded.
What we hear less of are similar planned attacks that are foiled by the Afghan security forces, and there are plenty. But preventing such attacks altogether is next to impossible.
The country has been at war for three decades, explosives are easily available and bomb-making skills are common.
The Taliban's "spring offensive" is part of a propaganda war. The group fights all year round and so do the Afghan security forces. It is the story of the past 37 years.
In a statement on its Pashto-language website, the Taliban said several militants successfully breached the defences of the National Directorate of Security, Afghanistan's main spy agency which protects high-ranking government officials
It is unclear precisely how many attackers were involved and the Taliban have been known to exaggerate details.
The presidential palace - only a few hundred metres from the blast - condemned the attack "in the strongest possible terms".
"Such cowardly terrorist attacks will not weaken the will and determination of Afghan security forces to fight against terrorism."
A tweet from President Ghani's office's official account suggested the attack "clearly shows the enemy's defeat in face-to-face battle with ANSDF" - the Afghan National Security and Defense Forces.
But correspondents say that in fact the Taliban has gained in strength since the bulk of British, American and other Nato forces left in 2014.
It has also been buoyed by a flood of foreign fighters joining its ranks, and now controls sizeable parts of Afghanistan.


Actress Olivia Williams will be one of the five judges of the 2016 Man Booker Prize for fiction.

Sixth Sense star Williams will be joined by English scholar Jon Day, former Booker nominee Abdulrazak Gurnah and poet David Harsent,
The panel will be chaired by the leading historian, biographer and TV presenter Amanda Foreman, who recently fronted The Ascent of Woman on the BBC.
Marlon James won this year's Booker for A Brief History of Seven Killings.
The Jamaican author picked up the £50,000 prize for his story inspired by the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in the 1970s.
Michael Wood, chair of the 2015 judges, described James's 680-page work as the "most exciting" book on the shortlist, "full of surprises" as well as being "very violent" and "full of swearing".
Next year's chair, Foreman, said she was "honoured" to have been appointed.
"We have an incredibly intense and stimulating time ahead of us," she said.
"For nearly 50 years the prize has played a special role in its contribution to modern culture. It is also unique in the demands it places on the judges.
"But rising to the challenge is part of what makes it a once-in-a-lifetime experience. If anybody needs to speak to me, I'll be in my study, reading."
Next year will mark the 48th year of the prize, which was launched in 1969.
The 2016 judging panel will be looking for the best novel of the year, selected from entries published in the UK between 1 October 2015 and 30 September 2016.
Between them, the judges will read more than 100 novels submitted by UK and international publishers, in both hard copy and on e-readers.
The Man Booker Dozen of 12 or 13 books will be announced in July and the shortlist of six books in September, with the winner named in October.


Film critic Barry Norman has died aged 83, his family says.

The journalist and former BBC presenter died in his sleep on Friday night.
A statement from his daughters, Samantha and Emma, called him "remarkable", adding: "He had a great life, a wonderful marriage and an enviable career."
Norman hosted BBC One's "Filmâ€¦" show between 1972 and 1998 - its longest running host - as well as writing for the Daily Mail and the Guardian.
His literary agent described him as "the defining voice of film criticism and insightful interviewing of screen legends from both sides of the camera".
Norman's daughters added: "He leaves behind a family who adore him and a great roster of friends who love him too. We will miss him more than we can say."
Norman's literary agent, Gordon Wise, said the presenter had been living with lung cancer for a number of years, but that he would be remembered as "one of the true greats" of film.
"It was probably that background as a newspaper journalist, interviewer and features writer that all came together to make him such a gifted film critic," he told BBC News.
"He could not only appreciate the story of the film but all the talents that had gone into making the film. That is what we all remember from the three decades of the Film programme - that he brought you perspectives from every side of the camera."
Tributes have begun flooding in on Twitter, with plenty of references to Norman's pickled onions - a family recipe handed down from his grandmother that he launched as a range in supermarkets in 2007.
Actor and presenter Stephen Fry tweeted a tribute, writing: "Sad to hear of Barry Norman's departure. A film critic and a provider of fine pickled onions. That's a good life."
Presenter Jonathan Ross, who took over "Film..." in 1999, added to the tributes. He tweeted: "Very sad to hear that Barry Norman has left us. A great critic and a lovely, lovely man."
And Claudia Winkleman, who started presenting the same show in 2010, called him "an incredibly kind man and the greatest critic".
Barry Norman was born in London on 21 August 1933 to film director Leslie Norman and his wife, Elizabeth.
He went to Highgate School in north London, but skipped university, instead beginning his writing career at the Kensington News.
Norman's journalism took him to South Africa to work on two newspapers, but it was when he came back to the UK that his entertainment career took off - becoming showbiz editor at the Daily Mail.
It was during his Fleet Street years that he met his wife Diana - a journalist and the author of best-selling thrillers under her pen name Ariana Franklin - and they wed in 1957.
The couple had two daughters and were married for more than 50 years, until her death in 2011.
Norman became best known as the presenter of the "Film..." programme, which he hosted on BBC One for 26 years, before he left the channel to move to Sky.
His notoriety was solidified when he became a puppet on Spitting Image, which created a catchphrase for him - "And why not?" - that he later adopted himself and which became the title of his autobiography.
He also wrote documentaries on the entertainment industry, wrote columns for the Guardian and the Radio Times, and was the first host of BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz - as well as being a presenter on the Today programme.
BBC director general Tony Hall described Norman as a "first-class presenter and critic".
He added: "Film buffs always found his programmes essential viewing. He dominated broadcasting about films for a generation with wit and great knowledge. He will be greatly missed and our thoughts are with his family and friends."
BBC film critic Mark Kermode described Norman as "the master".
"Watching Barry Norman review films was a pleasure, an education, and an inspiration," he tweeted. "Wit, knowledge and wry enthusiasm."
Comedian Robin Ince also tweeted: "Barry Norman - the creased but alluring portal to Hollywood greats and a lifetime of film fascination."
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US actor Val Kilmer has denied he has cancer, following Michael Douglas's claim that his former co-star is ill.

"I love Michael Douglas but he is misinformed," the Top Gun and Batman Forever star wrote in a Facebook post.
In a talk in London on Sunday, Douglas claimed that Kilmer was "dealing with" throat cancer - the same ailment that Douglas was diagnosed with in 2010.
Kilmer, however, said he was "rehabbing steadily" from "a swollen tongue" and had "no cancer whatsoever".
"The last time I spoke to [Douglas] was almost two years ago, when I asked him for a referral for a specialist to get a diagnosis for a lump in my throat," wrote the 56-year-old.
"I ended up using a team at UCLA [University of California, Los Angeles] and have no cancer whatsoever," he continued.
Kilmer is also known for his roles in films including The Doors, Heat and Tombstone.
Following Douglas's comments, it was reported that he had been reluctant to seek medical treatment due to his Christian Science faith.
Many Christian Scientists believe that diseases can be healed with prayer, although the Church does not forbid adherents seeking medical aid.
In his post, Kilmer said "concerns about [his] health" had been raised "by publications that have no respect for the truth".
He added: "Some fans have mistakenly thought my silence about my personal issues meant that somehow I wasn't being responsible to my health, because of my reliance on prayer and Love.
"Nothing could be further from the truth... Being healthy and having the respect of my peers and love from my family, friends, peers and fans is a DAILY source of inspiration, for which I am so grateful."
Kilmer described Douglas as "a loving and devoted friend", adding: "I'm sure he meant no harm."
The actor said he would be making personal appearances later this month at screenings of Cinema Twain, a film of his one-man play about author Mark Twain.
Kilmer's post follows a number of Facebook messages last year in which he assured fans he had "no tumour or infection of any kind".
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A crane that toppled on a former town centre Primark store has been removed.

Shops and 60 homes were evacuated after the 60m (197ft) jib landed on the vacant clothing shop in West Street, Reading, on Saturday afternoon.
Specialist engineers from the Netherlands assisted with the overnight operation, Reading council said.
BW Workplace Experts, which operates the crane, said it was assisting police and the Health and Safety Executive with their enquiries.
Police said the crane had been stabilised by fire crews on Sunday morning, and had initially predicted it could take "several days" to dismantle the structure.
The Health and Safety Executive has been informed.
No-one was injured in the incident.


The priest at the funeral of IRA murder victim Brendan Megraw has said his mother prayed for the day that he would be buried in the family grave, but never lived to see it.

Mr Megraw, one of those known as the Disappeared, was 23 when he was abducted from his home in the Twinbrook area of west Belfast in April, 1978.
His body was returned to his family earlier this week.
This was six weeks after it was found in a bog in County Meath.
At Mass in St Oliver Plunkett's Church in west Belfast, Fr Aidan Brankin told the congregation that Mr Megraw's mother Brigid had died in 2002, without getting to see her prayer answered.
"She prayed for this day, when Brendan was found and he could have a funeral and be buried in the family grave," he said.
"Unfortunately, she didn't get to see that prayer answered, but it is answered today. She wasn't just praying for Brendan. She prayed for all those who had been taken.
"She shared in the joy of other families of the Disappeared when their loved ones were found. She shared their disappointments when a search proved unsuccessful.
"They became like an extended family, supporting, encouraging and praying for each other - putting out appeals for fresh information, even having their own song."
Fr Brankin said that Mr Megraw's family and friends were still praying for those who are still missing, hoping "that they too will soon be found".
He said that Mr Megraw had loved "metalwork, woodwork and just being creative".
Mr Megraw will be buried with his parents in Glenavy, County Antrim.
The Disappeared were people abducted, murdered and secretly buried by the IRA in the 1970s.
Six victims are still to be found.
Mr Megraw had recently been married and was expecting the birth of a daughter when he was taken away by the IRA and murdered.
He was found through the efforts of the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims Remains.
The commission, set up by the British and Irish governments in the wake of the Good Friday peace agreement, was tasked with investigating the cases of 16 people killed and secretly buried by republicans during the Troubles.
Last week, the commission said it was mapping an area close to the same rural bog where Mr Megraw was found before beginning a search for another victim.
Specialist forensic investigators are scanning sections of land in the locality of the Oristown bog with radar in advance of a search for the remains of former west Belfast monk Joe Lynskey.
It is suspected two more of the disappeared - Kevin McKee and Seamus Wright - are buried in moorland only a few miles from the Oristown bog in an area near Wilkinstown, County Meath.


An analysis of a Neanderthal's fossilised hyoid bone - a horseshoe-shaped structure in the neck - suggests the species had the ability to speak.

This has been suspected since the 1989 discovery of a Neanderthal hyoid that looks just like a modern human's.
But now computer modelling of how it works has shown this bone was also used in a very similar way.
Writing in journal Plos One, scientists say their study is "highly suggestive" of complex speech in Neanderthals.
The hyoid bone is crucial for speaking as it supports the root of the tongue. In non-human primates, it is not placed in the right position to vocalise like humans.
An international team of researchers analysed a fossil Neanderthal throat bone using 3D x-ray imaging and mechanical modelling.
This model allowed the group to see how the hyoid behaved in relation to the other surrounding bones.
Stephen Wroe, from the University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia, said: "We would argue that this is a very significant step forward. It shows that the Kebara 2 hyoid doesn't just look like those of modern humans - it was used in a very similar way."
He told BBC News that it not only changed our understanding of Neanderthals, but also of ourselves.
"Many would argue that our capacity for speech and language is among the most fundamental of characteristics that make us human. If Neanderthals also had language then they were truly human, too."
It was commonly believed that complex language did not evolve until about 100,000 years ago and that modern humans were the only ones capable of complex speech.
But that changed with the discovery of a Neanderthal hyoid bone in 1989. It was found in the Kebara Cave in Israel and is very similar to our own,
Much older hyoid fossils have also recently been discovered, attributed to the human and Neanderthal relative Homo heidelbergensis. They were found in Spain and are over 500,000 years old.
These have yet to be modelled, but Prof Wroe said they were likely to be very similar to those of modern humans and Neanderthals, so could take back the origins of speech still further.
He added that his work would not necessarily be accepted as proof that Neanderthals spoke.
"We were very careful not to suggest that we had proven anything beyond doubt, but I do think it will help to convince a good number of specialists and tip the weight of opinion."
Neanderthals were stockier and shorter than modern humans, with no chin and backwards sloping foreheads. They are not regarded as direct human ancestors but DNA analysis has revealed that between 1% and 4% of the Eurasian human genome seems to come from Neanderthals.
Dan Dediu, from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Netherlands, published a review article earlier this year suggesting that Neanderthals and modern humans shared a similar capacity for language.
He said that the current study brought more weight to the conclusions that Neanderthals had very similar hyoid bones to us, "not only in form but also in what concerns their mechanical properties".
"The authors themselves are understandably cautious in drawing strong conclusions, but I think that their work clearly supports the contention that speech and  language is an old feature of our lineage going back at least to the last common ancestor that we shared with the Neanderthals," Dr Dediu told BBC News.
He stressed, though, that the latest study was only a first step and that future work on other living primates were necessary to better understand the range of variation within modern humans.


Schools face fewer tests and will get more freedom over what to teach as the education minister announces a radical shake-up of lessons.

Huw Lewis will give his response to a review by Prof Graham Donaldson, which called for major curriculum changes.
A plan to boost children's computing skills has already been announced.
Earlier in June, Mr Lewis said he accepted the Donaldson review, saying the changes that would result could take eight years to implement.
Among the recommendations were:
However, schools in Wales will still be expected to follow a central curriculum rather than be given the wider freedom granted to academies in England.
Mr Lewis will give his official response to the review in a statement to the assembly on Tuesday.


A worker at a Paris airport has been arrested after picking up €20,000 (£15,000; $22,000) dropped by a Moroccan diplomat, police say.

The diplomat was leaving a VIP lounge at Charles De Gaulle airport to board a flight when he realised that the money was gone.
After a search, video footage was found showing a temporary employee picking it up and he was arrested at his home.
He has since been released as possible charges are being considered.
A police source told AFP news agency about half the money had been recovered.
The diplomat only noticed the money was missing when two mobile phones fell from his bag. Unable to find it, he left airport police to continue the search while he boarded the plane.
The employee has been fired from his job, officials say.


Labour's leadership is heading "in the opposite direction to where voters are" on big issues, an ex-minister says.

Frank Field said Jeremy Corbyn was in touch on "economic injustices" but warned of an electoral "walloping" over security and migration.
Mr Corbyn is against Britain's nuclear weapons system and has called on the UK to accept more refugees.
Meanwhile, a former Labour pollster has criticised the party's report into why it lost the election.
Deborah Mattinson told the BBC's Sunday Politics her research had not been included in the review, led by Dame Margaret Beckett, and branded it a "whitewash and a massive missed opportunity".
Labour said the Beckett report had "consulted far and wide", taking input from pollsters, pundits and academics.
Mr Field, a former welfare minister, campaigns on migration issues alongside Conservative MP Sir Nicholas Soames.
In a Sunday Telegraph article, they call for an end to the UK's "open-door policy", warning of a risk to social cohesion unless immigration is reduced.
He told Sky News: "On the big issues, sadly, which will decide the next election, which is about defending our borders and defending us as a nation, the Labour opposition looks as if it is walking in the opposite direction.
"Clearly that is going to have to be sorted out before the next election if we are not to get a walloping yet again."
Speaking on the BBC's Sunday Politics, Michael Dugher, who was sacked as shadow culture secretary in Mr Corbyn's reshuffle, said the Labour leader "faces a big test" in the May elections.
Mr Dugher said Mr Corbyn had to be given a chance because of his "huge mandate from party members", but said he had to show he could convert this into support from the public, including Conservative voters.
Speaking to John Pienaar on BBC Radio 5 Live, former front-bencher Chuka Umunna said May's elections would be "essential" but said Mr Corbyn was "elected by our members and he deserves a chance to show he can do it".
He also said it was "unfair" to call the report into Labour's election defeat a whitewash.


The US Supreme Court has said it will consider a challenge to a controversial Texas abortion law.

Backed by Republicans, the law places high standards on clinics and puts new requirements on doctors that provide abortions in the state.
Proponents of the law say that it is necessary to protect women's health.
Opponents say that argument is an excuse to cover up efforts aimed at shutting abortion clinics and making the procedure harder to obtain.
The case focuses on a part of the law that has yet to go into effect requiring abortion clinics in Texas to have hospital-grade facilities - a requirement that would require costly upgrades at many providers' offices.
It also focuses on a mandate within the law already gone into effect that requires doctors have the ability to admit patients to hospitals within 30mi (50km) of their clinic.
Activists who oppose the law said there were 42 clinics in the state of Texas before the law was passed in 2013, according to Reuters.
After the first provision of the law was enacted many were closed, leaving only 19 clinics in the state.
The activists say that if the rest of the law is implemented,  only 10 clinics would remain in the country's second-largest state.
The last time the Supreme Court considered an abortion-related case was in 2007, when they ruled in favour of keeping a federal law that bans a late-term abortion procedure.
The Supreme Court ruled in 1992 that states can regulate abortion unless it "places an undue burden on women".
The court will hear arguments in the case early next year and likely make a decision in June, four months before the US presidential election.
This June, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to grant an emergency appeal from clinics at risk of closing over the new laws, which were due to go into effect on 1 July.
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Kresha Bajaj makes traditional Indian wedding dresses for brides from all over the world.

10 February 2017 Last updated at 11:08 GMT
Using embroidery and beading, she recreates their stories on her "love lehengas".
Produced by Suranjana Tewari, filmed and edited by Jaltson Akkanath Chummar


Pakistan has refused entry to 30 migrants deported from Greece, saying their identities could not be verified.

They were among a group flown from Athens to Islamabad on Thursday.
Nineteen verified migrants were allowed to disembark while the rest were flown back to Athens, officials said.
Pakistan is one of the top countries of origin of illegal migrants to Europe, according to statistical institute Eurostat.
Islamabad had suspended its agreement with the European Union to accept repatriation of illegal Pakistani migrants, citing misuse.
However, the dispute was settled last week after meetings with the EU Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos.
The EU's representative office in Pakistan said all those on board had travel documents issued by Pakistani embassies.
But Pakistan's interior ministry said those sent back to Greece had lacked Pakistan-issued identification cards. and thus their nationalities could not be verified.
"Despite having settled all issues with the European Commissioner, Pakistani laws have been violated, which absolutely cannot be allowed," said Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan.
Greece has been facing pressure from EU partners to directly deport migrants arriving from Turkey instead of allowing them to move to elsewhere in Europe.
Europe is in the midst of a migrants crisis as hundreds of thousands of people have arrived on its shores, many of them fleeing fighting in Syria.


A national action plan to tackle child sex abuse has been announced by the Scottish government, amid a warning the problem is widespread.

Education Secretary Mike Russell said a public awareness campaign formed part of a strategy to tackle the issue with "ruthless determination".
Concerns were raised after systematic child sexual exploitation was uncovered in Rotherham.
Several children's charities called for a Scottish plan on the issue.
Meanwhile, Mr Russell said the government was still considering whether to hold a further inquiry into historic child sex abuse, and would reach a decision by Christmas.
The action plan came after a report by the Care Inspectorate watchdog in Scotland warned agencies against complacency.
In September, it was revealed 1,400 children had been abused in Rotherham in South Yorkshire between 1997 and 2013.
'Never forget'
Mr Russell told parliament the national plan would see guidance issued to night-time workers, like taxi drivers and hotel staff, to help spot cases of child sexual exploitation.
And he said further work would ensure a consistent approach across Scotland to support those trying to tackle the problem.
At the same time, Mr Russell said he was acting on the recommendations of a report from Children in Scotland Chief Executive Jackie Brock.
This will see key workers involved in child protection brought together before the end of the year to ensure their responsibilities were clear.
"Some dreadful things happened in Scotland over many years to children who deserved so much better from those in positions of trust," said Mr Russell.
He added: "We must never forget what took place. We need to have an awareness of it that means it can never be repeated.
"We need to prosecute those who are guilty so they can never reoffend and we need to place in permanence the truth about who was accountable so that others never fail again."
The action plan was announced as children's charity Barnardo's said determined perpetrators would abuse a large number of children.
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Its director Martin Crewe, said: "We are certain that there is widespread child abuse, but what we don't know is the exact nature and prevalence of it."
But he added: "I don't think that the exact nature of Rotherham is happening in Scotland now."
Police have also insisted systematic sexual abuse of children on the scale exposed in Rotherham was "absolutely not" happening in Scotland - but said there had been a large number of child rapes and hundreds of convictions for child sexual exploitation in the last year.
In January, the NSPCC children's charity highlighted a rise in sexual abuse cases in Scotland involving children under the age of 13.
Police Scotland, which is setting up a child abuse investigation unit, welcomed the government's national plan.


Police say they may have found out who left an SOS signal made of rocks in a remote part of Western Australia.

The rocks were spotted by a helicopter pilot last month, prompting fears that someone, or more than one person, could be missing.
Police now believe it was likely to be a genuine distress signal left by a man and woman who became stranded in 2013.
They say they were contacted by the brother of the man, who read about the case on the BBC.
"The brother actually saw an article on the BBC," Senior Sgt Dave Rudd of Western Australia Police.
The man, called John, said his brother - identified only as Robert - and a female companion were aboard a yacht that became stranded at Swift Bay, about 500km (300 miles) from the city of Broome in 2013.
The pair boarded an escape raft which at some point "was attacked by a couple of crocodiles" but made it to shore safely and built the SOS signal.
Senior Sgt Rudd said they survived on rations, found some fresh water and were eventually rescued by another passing yacht.
Police said they have not been able to speak directly with Robert because he is on a boat in the Mediterranean Sea.
But they said they had seen photographs showing the distress signal taken at the time the pair ran into trouble.
"We can see from the photo that it's the same location and the same SOS," Senior Sgt Rudd said.
"We're very confident it's legitimate and it's the real deal but until we speak with him there's still a few unanswered questions."


Anton Yelchin, who was best known for playing Chekov in the new Star Trek films, has been killed by his own car at his home in Los Angeles, police say.

It struck him after rolling backwards down the steep drive at his Studio City home, pinning him against a brick postbox pillar and a security fence.
He died shortly after 01:00 (08:00 GMT) on Sunday.
JJ Abrams, who directed Yelchin in the first two Star Trek films, paid tribute on Twitter saying he was "brilliant".
"You were kind. You were funny as hell, and supremely talented. And you weren't here nearly long enough. Missing you," he wrote.
Yelchin played Pavel Chekov, the role originally made famous by Walter Koenig, in the rebooted Star Trek films released in 2009 and 2013.
He reprised the role in a third film, Star Trek Beyond, which is due for release next month.
Justin Lin, who directed Star Trek Beyond, said: "Still in shock.  Rest in peace, Anton.  Your passion and enthusiasm will live on with everyone that had the pleasure of knowing you."
Zachary Quinto, who plays Spock in the franchise, wrote on Instagram: "Our dear friend. Our comrade. Our Anton.
"One of the most open and intellectually curious people I have ever had the pleasure to know. So enormously talented and generous of heart. Wise beyond his years. And gone before his time. All love and strength to his family at this impossible time of grief."
Fellow Star Trek actor John Cho, who plays Sulu, tweeted: "I loved Anton Yelchin so much. He was a true artist - curious, beautiful, courageous. He was a great pal and a great son. I'm in ruins."
Original Star Trek actor William Shatner also tweeted: "Sad news for such a talented young man."
The official Star Trek Twitter account marked his death with a simple, sombre image.
Jodie Foster, who directed Yelchin in 2011 film The Beaver, described him as "a rare and beautiful soul with his unstoppable passion for life".
Los Angeles police officer Jenny Hosier said Yelchin had just got out of the vehicle when it rolled back.
He had been on his way to meet friends for a rehearsal but when he did not arrive, the group came to his home and found him dead, she added.
LA police told CBS News the county coroner's office "concluded that Yelchin's death was an accident" caused by "blunt traumatic asphyxia".
Police also told the broadcaster the vehicle involved was a 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee and it appeared Yelchin had not properly put the car in park mode.
CBS reported last month the government National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was investigating the model over its "e-shift" transmission, amid reports of crashes linked to possible confusion over whether the vehicle had been put into park.
Police investigators have not established any connection between the transmission in Yelchin's Jeep and the incident that took his life.
Other stars to pay tribute to Yelchin on Twitter included Captain America star Chris Evans, who praised the actor as "thoughtful, kind and gifted", while Tom Hiddleston said he was a "natural actor and a deeply kind man".
Felicity Jones, who starred opposite Yelchin in 2011 film Like Crazy, said: "I'm devastated. A world without Anton is a lesser place. He touched everyone he met with his honesty and humanity. We have lost a unique and profound soul."
Director Guillermo del Toro added he was "the sweetest, most humble, delightful, talented guy you'd ever meet".
2 Broke Girls star Kat Dennings tweeted: "Anton Yelchin was one of my best friends. Can't say anything that conveys what this feels like."
An only child, Yelchin was born to professional figure skaters in Leningrad (now St Petersburg) in Russia, who moved to the US when he was still a baby.
His first screen role was in US drama ER in 2000 and appeared in more than a dozen TV series and films before his break out role in 2006's Alpha Dog.
Among his other big screen credits were Charlie Bartlett (2007), Terminator Salvation (2009), Fright Night (2011), Odd Thomas (2013) and horror Green Room, released last year.
The Guardian's film critic Peter Bradshaw wrote an appreciation of the actor saying: "A hugely popular and well-liked actor of enormous talent and potential has been snuffed out. What a waste."
According to IMDB, he had four other film projects due for release - sci-fi Rememory, dramas We Don't Belong Here and Porto, and thriller Thoroughbred.


Out of the customs union.
Free of European Union laws.
Immigration under Westminster control.
If anyone was wondering whether the government might offer some substantial wriggle room on the Brexit negotiations to take account of the very different Parliamentary arithmetic following the general election, they have another think coming.
Dr Liam Fox, the cabinet minister for international trade, has told the BBC that nobody voted to "part-leave" the European Union.
The public either voted leave - which he takes to mean being out of the two substantive EU trading structures, the single market and the customs union - or remain, a vote to stay wholly in the union.
As leave won, Dr Fox argues, it is now time for the Conservatives to get on with it and deliver, even without a majority in Parliament.
"We have to go full steam ahead and get the job done," he told me, saying he didn't recognise the terms "hard" (fully out) and "soft" (partially out, or a delayed out) Brexit.
To coin a phrase, Brexit means Brexit.
And anyone, including Conservative MPs, sympathetic to a different approach - and who may feel emboldened by the election result - should remember the referendum outcome last year.
Dr Fox was speaking to me as part of a news special on BBC1 tonight at 8.30pm called Brexit: What's Next?
With colleague and Europe Editor, Katya Adler, it is an attempt to try to unpack what the remarkably close general election result means for Britain and the EU's approach to Brexit.
Dr Fox admits that getting the final Brexit deal through Parliament "won't be easier" after the Prime Minister lost her majority, but argues that Theresa May will stick to the position laid out before 8 June.
Which is fully out of the single market and the customs union.
There may be transitional arrangements as Britain moves to a new trading relationship with the EU, but Dr Fox refused to be drawn on how long that would be.
"How long is a piece of string?" he answered, after I put to him the former business secretary Sir Vince Cable's suggestion that it could be a decade before any final deal is completed.
I don't think that means Dr Fox is relaxed about how long any "transition" may take - he wants the deal done as quickly as possible.
But he does believe a "cliff edge" departure should be avoided - which may take some time, although how long, for Dr Fox, is still unclear.
"The British public made a decision to leave," Dr Fox told me.
"We have to honour that decision to leave.
"We didn't say we would part-leave the European Union.
"[The public] gave us an instruction to do so and anybody who is a democrat needs to follow that instruction.
"If we want to get what the British public voted for in the referendum - control of our laws, control of our borders, control of our money - then we have to have an exit which takes us outside the single market and outside the customs union - although we will want to maximise our ability to trade inside that market."
He said that the option of "no deal" had to be left on the table.
"What are these people actually saying to us?" Dr Fox said of those who say that "no deal" should be off the table.
"Are they saying that we should seriously go into a negotiation and saying whatever deal is offered we would accept that rather than walk away?
"I mean what sort of a negotiation actually would that be?
"It's effectively waving the white flag before the negotiations actually begin.
"It is not a sensible position for us to have
"But we don't want to get to no deal.
"We've set out the sort of deal that we want, a deal that's good for European citizens in the United Kingdom and British citizens in the European Union; that's good for British business, that enables us to trade maximally with the single market; that means there's as little friction at our borders as possible, giving Britain simultaneously the freedom to develop new trading agreements elsewhere."
Of course staying in the customs union - which would prevent Britain signing its own trade deals with countries outside the EU - would effectively make Dr Fox's department superfluous.
Dr Fox may not like the distinction between "hard" and "soft", but Philip Hammond, the Chancellor, is judged to have a rather different approach ("soft", if you like) to the type of deal Britain may strike with the EU, as I wrote last month.
And, for this BBC1 news special, both Sir Vince, who is standing to be leader of the Liberal Democrats, and Sir Keir Starmer, Labour's shadow secretary for exiting the EU, said they might be willing to join forces with Mr Hammond to put "jobs and prosperity" at the heart of the negotiations.
Dr Fox says that is a false division - and that the future prosperity of the UK is at the heart of his approach to Brexit.
Britain can be strong economically outside the EU, he says, despite the myriad of warnings that leaving the single market and the customs union could damage the UK economy.
"If you are looking at a free trade agreement in a global context, this one with the European Union ought to be the simplest in the history of mankind because we're beginning from a completely tariff free basis and we're beginning with exactly the same laws and regulations as the rest of our European partners," Dr Fox said.
"And the only reason that we'll not get to this perfect arrangement would be if the politics of Europe got in the way.
"That would be a pity because it would just say that they were putting the politics of Europe above the prosperity of Europe."
And on the chance of Britain ever staying in the EU - as some EU leaders have rather wistfully suggested - Dr Fox has a straightforward answer.
"There's about as much chance of us staying in the European Union as of me finding the tooth fairy."


Unionist councillors are to contest the name of the Derry City and Strabane district council name through a new legal mechanism.

The name was officially agreed at a meeting of the shadow super council in October.
DUP councillor Gary Middleton said the decision "adversely affects a section of the community".
The legal challenge, known as a call-in procedure, will allow solicitors to review the motion.
Councillor Middleton stressed that the procedure is subject to a legal opinion.
"It will come back to us via the town clerks report, by that stage solicitors will have been involved and will have formed an opinion, which will be presented to us at council," he said.
"It would be wrong to assume anything, but regardless of the outcome the message that we want to send is that it's not going to be acceptable to railroad decisions through.
"This is a new council being formed and we had the perfect opportunity to try and get agreement around the name issue.
"Sinn FÃ©in and the SDLP can no longer say they work on a cross party basis when they make these decisions without discussion."
Sinn FÃ©in councillor Mickey Cooper said his party were focused on the name being representative of the council, not the city.
"This is very much based on the need to have 'city' included in the name, we wanted that reflected because we are actually a city and that brings a whole range of benefits in terms of branding and everything else," he said.
"This was a council motion so we were happy to discuss it with the DUP as much as they wanted beforehand.
"I don't think anyone should be surprised at our stance that the name should be Derry City and Strabane District Council."


The actor who played Screech in US TV show Saved by the Bell has been charged with stabbing a man in a bar fight.

Dustin Diamond, 37, faces charges of felony second-degree recklessly endangering safety, disorderly conduct, and carrying a concealed weapon.
The fight is said to have happened on Thursday in Port Washington, Wisconsin, while Diamond was with his fiancee.
Crime reports say the pair had been to several bars before they got into a row with two men and another woman.
The fight took place at the Grand Avenue Saloon.
When police caught up with the couple's car near the bar, Diamond told police he had a "pen" in his hand when he grabbed one of the men, according to the criminal complaint.
Officers found a switchblade knife in the car - the point of it appeared to be covered in blood.
Reports say that Diamond later told police he accidentally stabbed the man while he was trying to defend his fiancee - 27-year-old Amanda Schutz.
She also faces a charge of disorderly conduct.
Diamond appeared in Ozaukee County court on Friday and his bail was set at $10,000 (Â£6,425). His next hearing is set for 29 December.
Police said the man who was stabbed was injured in the armpit but is not thought to be seriously hurt.
Representatives for Diamond have not yet commented and the actor is yet to release a formal statement.
Saved by the Bell aired during the 1990s and followed the lives of a group of high school students.
Since the show ended, Diamond has been sued a number of times for failure to pay taxes and in foreclosure proceedings following missed mortgage payments.
He has appeared on reality TV shows, made a sex tape and made a documentary called The Unauthorised Saved by the Bell Story.
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Relatives of workers inside a petrochemical plant that exploded in Mexico are demanding answers from managers over what happened.

The blast hit the facility in the southern city of Coatzacoalcos in Veracruz state on Wednesday. The cause of the explosion is unclear.
The death toll reached 24 on Thursday, with another 13 still seriously hurt.
Dozens of family members gathered near the gates of the plant to demand talks with plant bosses.
Some tried to force their way into the compound, the Associated Press news agency reported.
Mexico's state oil company Pemex raised the death toll late on Wednesday, and said 19 people remained in hospital.
In pictures: Mexico explosion
Rosa Villalobos travelled four hours to search for her son who worked at the plant, but could not find him at the hospital.
"What I want is for justice to be done in my son's case, for there to be no impunity," she told AP.
"I'm going to stay here. Even though I have no money, even though I have nothing to eat, I'm staying put."
Ancelma Cordero's 21-year-old brother is one of the missing. "We are desperate because no-one is coming out to show their face," she told Reuters at the plant gates.
"They told us we were breathing toxins and we should leave. But ... if we leave, they could make the bodies disappear."
President Enrique Pena Nieto, who spoke of "a tragic accident", travelled to the site late on Thursday.
The director of Pemex, Jose Gonzalez Anaya, said the explosion "was caused by a leak" but "we don't know how that leak occurred".
The incident occurred at around 15:15 local time (20:15 GMT) on Wednesday. Veracruz state Governor Javier Duarte told a radio station the blast was felt 10km (six miles) away.
More than 130 people were injured and thousands had to leave their homes.
The head of Mexico's emergency services, Luis Felipe Puente, had earlier said 10 bodies were found when his staff entered the site.
Residents were told to stay indoors because of the possible toxic nature of the smoke from the blast, but Pemex said the smoke dissipated quickly, lessening any possible toxic effects.
On Thursday the company said there was no longer any danger from the smoke.
AP reported that the plant produces vinyl chloride, a dangerous chemical used to make PVC pipes and packaging materials.
In September 2012, an explosion then a fire at a gas plant in the northern state of Tamaulipas killed 33 people.
Pemex's own headquarters in Mexico City was hit by a large gas blast in January 2013, killing 37 people.
A number of fires also struck the company's rigs in the Gulf of Mexico last year, and a worker was killed in another fire at the Veracruz plant in February this year.


Sweden's Henrik Stenson won the Wyndham Championship to claim his first title since The Open at Royal Troon last year.

He carded a six-under-par round of 64 to finish 21 under, one shot ahead of American Ollie Schniederjans.
Former world number one Stenson hit eight birdies in his closing round, including three in a row from the 15th.
Schniederjans also shot 64, while compatriot Webb Simpson finished four shots back in third place.
American Davis Love, at 53 seeking to become the oldest winner in US PGA Tour history, finished eight shots adrift in a tie for 10th.
Stenson, 41, said: "I don't know how many times I'm going to get as close to playing as well as I did at Troon.
"I'm just very pleased with how I closed out this week."