Day 258 - 07 Jun 96 - Page 47
1 coming up.
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3 Q. As I understand it, currently they have a process of
4 vetting employees by checking CVs. You do not know whether
5 McDonald's makes use of that facility?
6 A. I know they do not, I was the Head of Personnel.
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8 Q. Both organisations, both the Economic League and Camprin,
9 you were aware that they employed private detectives,
10 bugged phones, followed people and took people's mails;
11 yes?
12 A. No.
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14 Q. You were not aware of that?
15 A. No.
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17 Q. You did not. Did you use -- I suppose if you were not
18 aware of it... Did they have any relationship with Kings
19 or Bishops at all?
20 A. Not to my knowledge.
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22 Q. Did Kings or Bishops do any of those things to your
23 knowledge?
24 A. I have only used Kings and Bishops on one occasion, and
25 that was for the reason we are here in court today.
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27 Q. Did they bug phones?
28 A. I hope not.
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30 Q. I have asked you about following people?
31 A. I hope not because bugging phones is offensive, and
32 I would not approve of it.
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34 Q. Or steal mail other than that--
35 A. Well, I told you, on the one occasion that I became
36 aware of it I stopped it.
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38 Q. OK. When you had problems with, for example, say, somebody
39 like Mr. Sutcliffe in East Ham, was it, wanting to set up a
40 union branch; you gave evidence about it before?
41 A. Yes.
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43 Q. Did you ever go to the Economic League to find out
44 information about people who were interested in setting up
45 unions?
46 A. No, I never used the Economic League, really. I mean,
47 I do not want to make too much of it, I hardly ever touched
48 the Economic League.
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50 Q. That was all in Mr. Carroll's hands?
51 A. Yes, I suppose. I think he was asking them for what
52 they could find out about organisations that may be
53 anti-McDonald's. That is all.
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55 Q. You said that you think it was the Economic League that you
56 got the aims and principles of London Greenpeace leaflet
57 from; yes?
58 A. Well, what I said was, I did not know but I thought it
59 possibly could be them.
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