Day 121 - 04 May 95 - Page 47
1 least bit interested in any other person's view of it.
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3 MR. MORRIS: In your investigations, were you satisfied that the
4 Manager had pressurised the lobby hostess to make that
5 call?
6 A. I was satisfied that a proper investigation was
7 undertaken by a combination team of the personnel, regional
8 personnel, and regional security department, and that they
9 came to the right conclusion, that the three persons
10 involved should be summarily dismissed. What happened to
11 them after that, was a matter for the Newcastle City
12 Police.
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14 Q. But are you satisfied in your investigations which were
15 very detailed, were they not?
16 A. Not mine -- the regional.
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18 Q. Your Company's investigations were very detailed?
19 A. Yes.
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21 Q. You took statements from over a dozen witnesses?
22 A. Yes.
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24 Q. I do not want to get them all out now. We have the papers,
25 as far as I know, all the papers, to do with that. Are you
26 satisfied that the Manager, Pati Maheron, had pressurised
27 Helen Caulderwood to make that hoax phone call?
28 A. I do not know that "pressurised" is the right word. As
29 I understand it, there was a discussion between three
30 members of the staff and it was agreed that Helen
31 Caulderwood would make the telephone call.
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33 Q. Why would she do that? What did you find from the
34 investigation?
35 A. I have no idea why she would do it.
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37 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, there really is not any point in Mr.
38 Morris asking Mr. Nicholson about this. The whole of the
39 progress and the evidence taken during the course of
40 McDonald's internal enquiry is recorded in the documents,
41 all of which have been disclosed. What is the point of Mr.
42 Morris asking Mr. Nicholson to recall from memory what the
43 investigation found? It is an idiotic waste of time, in my
44 respectful submission.
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46 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Whether it is idiotic or not, what is the
47 point of asking Mr. Nicholson? What do you gain which is
48 there not already?
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50 MR. RAMPTON: Yes, my Lord. The reference is volume XV, tab 104
51 to 106.
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53 MR. MORRIS: I was just trying to avoid going into the
54 paperwork; maybe we will leave that ---
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56 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I think so, yes.
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58 MR. MORRIS: -- to one side. Can I ask just for a bit of advice
59 on that? Is all the paperwork in that tab admissible
60 evidence, if they are signed statements?
