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?
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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.
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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.
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51 MR. JUSTICE BELL: If you look at page 11, 27.
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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
