Day 127 - 23 May 95 - Page 34
1 A. Yes, I did.
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3 Q. -- containing what you knew of the facts and
4 recommendations, et cetera, for the future?
5 A. Yes.
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7 Q. We will look at that just a bit later on. The question
8 I wanted to ask you was this: casting your mind back to
9 that time, and excluding from it anything you may have
10 heard recently, what was your understanding of how the
11 death had occurred?
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13 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Is there any reason to suppose that it is any
14 different to what -- there seems to be a lot of common
15 ground about it.
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17 MR. RAMPTON: Yes, there is.
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19 (To the witness) Perhaps I can shorten it -- I will not
20 say short-circuit it -- cut it short, Mrs. Barnes. Did you
21 read Mr. Shirkie's, the EHO, report into the incident?
22 A. Yes, I did.
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24 Q. Is there anything, so far as the facts of the incident are
25 concerned, that you would disagree with, so far as you know
26 them?
27 A. No.
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29 MR. RAMPTON: Thank you very much. I am grateful to
30 your Lordship.
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32 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Let us just take stock a moment. How long is
33 it going to take you, do you think, to take Mrs. Barnes
34 through the rest of her evidence in relation to
35 Mark Hopkins' death?
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37 MR. RAMPTON: Half an hour, I would say -- I am doing the best
38 I can -- because I do want her to look at and explain
39 explain some of the things in the report that she made,
40 which I think would help Mr. Morris as well.
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42 MR. MORRIS: If I am able to make a phone call I may be able to
43 stay an extra half an hour.
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45 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do you think you may be able to stay into the
46 afternoon, or do you mean you may be able to stay for more
47 another half hour or so?
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49 MR. MORRIS: Another half an hour really.
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51 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Take the opportunity to do that. Is there a
52 phone immediately outside?
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54 MR. MORRIS: Yes, there is.
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56 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We will break off for a couple of minutes
57 while we do that. If Mr. Morris can stay for another half
58 an hour or so, my suggestion is that we run on and have a
59 break rather later than normal.
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