Day 153 - 12 Jul 95 - Page 46


     
     1   MR. MORRIS:   I missed some of that discussion.
     2        (To the witness):  So you were actually at Colchester store
     3        at the time of the accident?
     4
     5   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, that is an ambiguous question.  Does he
     6        mean he was present at the premises or does he mean he was
     7        Manager at the time?
     8
     9   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It was in the middle of your two years reign
    10        as Manager, whether you were actually in the store or not
    11        or even on holiday or not in the August, can you recall
    12        now?
    13        A.  I cannot recall anything about this particular
    14        accident.  Given the severity of the accident, I am
    15        surprised that I cannot, I would have -- but, honestly
    16        speaking, until I saw the statement I did not know anything
    17        about it, or I could not remember anything about it.  I
    18        would have assumed at the time I did know about it and that
    19        I did something about it.
    20
    21   Q.   The other thing I would like to ask you in the light of
    22        that which I have asked previously:  Your first statement
    23        was signed and dated 14th January 1994?
    24        A.  Yes.
    25
    26   Q.   Which is nearly six and a half years after Miss Golding's
    27        accident, assuming it occurred as everyone is assuming?
    28        A.  Right, yes.
    29
    30   Q.   How long before you made your statement were you asked to
    31        think back to events in Colchester and even shown the page
    32        from the Accident Book?
    33        A.  I made two statements.  I was shown the page from the
    34        Accident Book on both occasions, I believe.
    35
    36   Q.   The copy of the first statement which I have was made about
    37        18 months ago?
    38        A.  Right.
    39
    40   Q.   Can you remember how long before that it was that you were
    41        first asked to think back to -----
    42        A.  Oh, a very short -- about that time, may be within a
    43        month or a week or whatever of that time.
    44
    45   Q.   Yes.
    46
    47   MR. MORRIS:   Actually, this is a sort of digression, but
    48        I cannot find which paragraph in your statement it was
    49        about the Golding accident.
    50 
    51   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  If you look at page 11, 27. 
    52 
    53   MR. MORRIS:   Maybe it was referred to before that then.
    54        (To the witness):  In paragraph 16 you say:  "I cannot
    55        recall Vicky Golding having to go to hospital".
    56        A.  That is correct.
    57
    58   Q.   So at that time when you wrote your statement had you been
    59        shown this page when you were commenting on -----
    60        A.  I cannot remember whether I was shown the page or that

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