Day 209 - 25 Jan 96 - Page 50
1 Q. But there were carbons underneath, were there, or carbons
2 on the back?
3 A. Yes. I would have had them both together, yes. There
4 was a carbon on each one, a pink sheet on each one, and
5 that would have gone on top of there, and me pressing would
6 have forced the carbon on to the back sheets. The carbon
7 would have been on top, I think.
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9 Q. Yes.
10 A. I was given two and then I signed it, and it has
11 obviously come through on the second one. But, you know,
12 my PRs were always -- I was quite privileged, because I had
13 acquired a strong position in the store. But, you know,
14 I used to get my PRs late. I just used to make sure that I
15 always got paid for them.
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17 Q. Whose is the signature of the Store Manager?
18 A. I am not sure it was the Store -----
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20 Q. Do you recognise the initials?
21 A. No. I think it might have been Alan Charlesworth. No,
22 it cannot be Alan Charlesworth. No, I do not recognise the
23 initials. Same person, obviously, but .....
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25 Q. I am told that the Store Manager for that period, spring
26 and summer of 1994, was Mr. Fenwick. But it would not
27 necessarily be the Store Manager, himself?
28 A. No, exactly. Sometimes -- it normally was. I would be
29 surprised if it was not. But I do not remember his
30 signature looking like that, so I cannot say whose it is.
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32 MR. MORRIS: Anyway, regarding all of the PRs that I mentioned,
33 they are all dated the 21st of -----
34 A. Yes. They were never -----
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36 Q. Every four months. Were they actually given on those
37 dates?
38 A. No.
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40 MR. MORRIS: Can I say, just to save time, that we will say that
41 a lot of the other PRs have a similar dating system from
42 other workers.
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44 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What do you mean, dating system?
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46 MR. MORRIS: They are dated -----
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48 THE WITNESS: Can I say?
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50 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No. I just want to ask Mr. Morris to explain
51 what he meant, first.
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53 MR. MORRIS: I mean, I could go through them. Basically, they
54 are dated -- apparently, they have been done on exactly the
55 same day of the month every four months consecutively; and
56 some of them even look like the same handwriting over a
57 period of more than a year.
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59 It is only to say that they back up what the witness has
60 already said about them being written in advance, dated in
