Day 197 - 07 Dec 95 - Page 36
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2 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It might be possible to do that tomorrow
3 afternoon. It is not a matter of any technicality, it
4 just depends upon what I think is fair. I would like the
5 Defendants to think very seriously about whether there
6 really is any ground to objection to them being called.
7 Mr. Morris, particularly, said time and time again he just
8 wants me to get to the truth. I have to say that now
9 Mr. Coat has been asked about the contents of the
10 statements or forewarning of the statements of three of
11 them, and since he has given quite a lot of evidence about
12 Mr. Skehel who is the fourth, at the moment I am finding
13 it very difficult to see how I can fairly refuse leave if
14 it is asked for. At the end of the day, what I want is
15 that the evidence on both sides which might help me to the
16 right conclusions of fact.
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18 MR. MORRIS: Did we deal with Mr. Skehel?
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21 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We will resume at 2 o'clock.
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23 MS. STEEL: Can I just ------
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25 (Luncheon Adjournment)
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27 MR. MORRIS: Is it possible that we could just ask some
28 questions about the Neil Skehel statement because we
29 forget that we had got that?
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31 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, if you want to.
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33 MR. MORRIS: I am not even sure if I do; I just wanted to
34 check.
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36 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Just sit down again for a moment,
37 Mr. Coton. Just read it through. It only just gets on to
38 the second page. Only ask something if you think it
39 really is vital to bring it out now.
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41 MR. MORRIS: I do not know if the witness has a copy of it in
42 front of him?
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44 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is in bundle XB and it is 34C,
45 Mr. Coton.
46 A. I have that in front of me now.
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48 MR. MORRIS: It says that he gave you two PRS -- this is in
49 paragraph (5) -- he was the Supervisor just for six months
50 of your time at Colchester?
51 A. The last six months.
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53 Q. Yes. He said that he gave you two PRs with the following
54 grades "needs improvement" and "unsatisfactory". Are
55 those the ones which you do not remember or what?
56 A. They are the ones as I stated previously that did not
57 happen.
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59 Q. Did not happen. Is there anything else you want to say
60 about anything in there?
