Day 260 - 11 Jun 96 - Page 21
1 "One person made the comment that Dave Morris and Helen
2 Steel, the signatories to the bank account, had not been to
3 a meeting for some time."
4
5 The person you are referring to in the statement is
6 Anthony?
7 A. I would assume so.
8
9 Q. From the notes; and that is Mr. Pocklington who is in court
10 now?
11 A. As far as I am aware, yes.
12
13 Q. So, if Mr. Pocklington -- what you have got there in your
14 notes was based on what you understood Mr. Pocklington to
15 be saying?
16 A. Yes.
17
18 Q. So, if he said something slightly different, it is more
19 likely that he has got it right?
20 A. I cannot say on that one.
21
22 Q. For example, in his statement he mentions that it is
23 Paul Gravett who has got the book, and I said something
24 about -- I cannot remember what it is, actually, offhand --
25 but Dave Morris is not actually mentioned in respect of
26 that. Would you have a problem with accepting that?
27 A. I can only repeat that that is my understanding of what
28 was said at the time.
29
30 Q. That was your recollection ---
31 A. Yes.
32
33 Q. -- of what was said at the time?
34 A. Yes.
35
36 Q. In the next paragraph, you say:
37
38 "At the end of this phase of the meeting, Helen, she of the
39 bank account, arrived, with a specific request from Dave
40 that she be told what was going to happen at the public
41 meeting next week, and the whole matter was discussed yet
42 again."
43
44 I have got two questions on that. When you say "a specific
45 request that she be told what was going to happen at the
46 public meeting next week", would you accept that it was
47 just a statement to say "Dave wants to know what is going
48 on next week"?
49 A. Yes.
50
51 Q. When you say "so the whole matter was discussed yet again",
52 there is actually nothing in your notes about the matter
53 being discussed previously. So, is that correct?
54 A. I am sorry, I do not quite understand. I say: "As a
55 result of being told the content of the proposed meeting,
56 discussion of the difference between anarchism and
57 socialism, she telephoned Dave." Well, that had previously
58 been mentioned, of course.
59
60 Q. No, no, the sentence before, after I arrived ---
