Day 248 - 13 May 96 - Page 33


     
     1        A.  I decided to hire, via Sid Nicholson, some
     2        investigators to find out exactly where this thing was
     3        going, called London Greenpeace, what its intentions were,
     4        were there any further links with Animal Liberation Front,
     5        what was in store for me in the future given what we had
     6        come through in the last few months; it was very much part
     7        of going forward.
     8
     9   Q.   I put it to you Mrs Preston, that bringing in this aims and
    10        objectives, as you call it, leaflet of London Greenpeace as
    11        the reason why you decided to bring action is a complete
    12        load of rubbish and purely and simply propaganda from your
    13        company designed as a mud throwing exercise so you could
    14        attempt to bring in the fire-bombing matter which is
    15        completely unconnected to London Greenpeace?
    16        A.  Absolutely untrue.  The document speaks for itself
    17        -- 'Smash McDonald's'.
    18
    19   Q.   If you could look at tab, counterclaim document No 78.  You
    20        would have seen this before?
    21        A.  This is a letter, a memo, to me from Terry Carroll.  We
    22        are looking at the same thing.
    23
    24   Q.   Yes.  Do you remember it?  Have a read if you like.
    25        (Pause).
    26        A.  OK, I have read it.
    27
    28   Q.   Did you ask for this to be sent to you?
    29        A.  No.
    30
    31   Q.   You did not?
    32        A.  No, not that I recall.  It is a summary of what he had
    33        seen.
    34
    35   Q.   Was there a reason why you wanted to know what he had seen?
    36        A.  Well, again, this was activity in front of my office
    37        complex, so I am concerned about what happens there.
    38
    39   Q.   Right.  Was this going to be used as part of your action
    40        against myself, Mr. Morris and others, and the other people
    41        that you were intending to sue, or thinking of suing?
    42        A.  At that point in time I did not know what it was going
    43        to be.
    44
    45   Q.   But at that point in time you had already decided to take
    46        action against the leaflet by hiring private investigators?
    47        A.  I decided to take action to gather more facts and data
    48        as specific as I could about where this was likely to go in
    49        the future; what other links there had been, what they
    50        might become, with a mind towards, if I so chose, I would, 
    51        should I find it necessary, use the courts of the law to 
    52        deal with the stopping of this document being published in 
    53        the future via injunction.
    54
    55   Q.   So, you were interested in who was handing out the
    56        leaflets, and where and when?
    57        A.  Yes.
    58
    59   Q.   Right.  For the purposes of using that in a potential court
    60        case, in the potential action that you were considering

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