Day 195 - 04 Dec 95 - Page 36
1 was on that day, but whatever I say will be really a
2 deduction from other days, that, you know, it could
3 have -- it may have been at that time that we generally
4 finished at 2 o'clock in the morning.
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6 Q. So we are relying on your statement to give a general
7 indication?
8 A. That is correct, yes.
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10 Q. So why did on some days when you got home you wrote, say,
11 the exact time you finished, say on 28th March?
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13 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Has he not given the answer to that in answer
14 to Ms. Steel's intervention a moment ago? If he has
15 written it in beforehand, for instance, realises he is not
16 going to work 12.00 to close but 3.45 to close, that is
17 what he writes in; if he writes it in afterwards, he puts
18 the time when he actually finished. I am not suggesting
19 this happened 100 per cent of the time, but that is what
20 you are saying your system was by and large with your
21 diary?
22 A. Yes.
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24 MR. MORRIS: OK. I obviously will not go through them all;
25 Mr. Rampton can if he wants.
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27 MR. JUSTICE BELL: If you are aware of a particular point and
28 want to make it, do now rather than just leaving us to look
29 later.
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31 MR. MORRIS: Yes.
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33 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I see the accident is 3rd May 1986.
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35 MR. MORRIS (To the witness): Is that correct? 3rd May 1986, is
36 that the one you talked about in your statement?
37 A. Yes, that is correct.
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39 Q. On that day you finished at 2 a.m. in the morning?
40 A. Well, I finished -- I was sent to the hospital then at
41 that time but the close had not finished yet.
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43 Q. So that was a day when the close was going on beyond
44 2 o'clock in the morning?
45 A. Yes, I believe, I mean, I can -- I do remember that
46 when I came back after the check up, I do not know how long
47 that took, but when I came back the close was still going
48 on. So, I went with Steve Harney to the hospital and came
49 back after maybe an hour, an hour and a half, and the close
50 was still going on.
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52 Q. If we go back to April 7th, Monday -----
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54 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Just pause a moment. Are you saying that
55 2.00 is when the accident happened or when the close
56 finished, you having already come back?
57 A. No, at 2.00 or approximately, I was sent to the
58 hospital.
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60 Q. Did you work after you came back from the hospital?
