Day 169 - 04 Oct 95 - Page 56
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2 MR. MORRIS: No further questions.
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4 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Thank you.
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6 Re-examined by MR. RAMPTON
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8 MR. RAMPTON: Very few questions Miss or is it Mrs.?
9 A. Mrs.
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11 Q. Yes, I thought it was. You tell us in your statement that
12 you became a senior Supervisor in July 1984?
13 A. Yes.
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15 Q. Which, according to Mr. Cranna's statement, was just after
16 he joined the West Ealing store. Was West Ealing one of
17 the stores that you had under your ultimate jurisdiction at
18 the time when you became a senior Supervisor?
19 A. Yes, it was.
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21 Q. You told us also that there was a time when your
22 jurisdiction was increased from eight to 14 stores as
23 senior Supervisor?
24 A. It went up gradually; it did not go in one ----
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26 Q. Do you remember when it first increased from eight to nine
27 or ten?
28 A. I think I went from eight to ten in '85, and then
29 I increased from there to take on a further four stores
30 after that.
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32 Q. At the time when you started, when you had eight stores for
33 about a year so that it increased to ten or maybe less a
34 year, maybe more, how many supervisors did you have
35 underneath you?
36 A. I had three initially and then I went to four.
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38 Q. You went to four when you increased the number of stores?
39 A. Yes.
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41 Q. So, from the beginning then, if I have understood it
42 correctly, you had an area Supervisor from July 1984 who
43 was responsible directly for the West Ealing store?
44 A. Yes, I did.
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46 Q. How many stores did that person have that they were
47 responsible for?
48 A. Initially, they had three and they went to four quite
49 quickly after I got promoted.
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51 Q. In your view, and you must be absolutely frank about this,
52 was the person who was the area Supervisor for West Ealing
53 a responsible person?
54 A. At that point in time he was not -- he was a
55 responsible person; he was of average -- he performed to an
56 average level but had the capabilities of performing
57 better.
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59 Q. Did you do something about that?
60 A. Yes, I did.
