Day 187 - 13 Nov 95 - Page 19
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2 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Let me just find that. I have just noticed
3 that in the paragraph which had the 60,000 francs, it is
4 "assistance in finding a new job, well paid..."
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6 MR. MORRIS: "....outside of McDonald's."
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8 MR. JUSTICE BELL: "...outside of McDonald's." I will add "in
9 all McDonald's restaurants". Yes.
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11 MR. MORRIS: I am just -----
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13 MR. JUSTICE BELL: That speaks for itself then, does it not?
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15 MR. MORRIS: It does, yes. "In addition, I was receiving
16 anonymous telephone calls at night at my home. I was
17 accused of taking sick leave and working in another job
18 during my absence. When the social security inspectors
19 verified that this was not the case, McDonald's dropped
20 this charge. During the illuminations festival" -----
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22 MR. JUSTICE BELL: In the original, is it not, "I was accused of
23 working at night"?
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25 THE INTERPRETER: On the black market, without declaring my
26 income, moonlighting.
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28 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
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30 MR. MORRIS: So, it should say "working in another job at
31 night"?
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33 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No, no. That was my mistake. It means "in
34 the black", and I thought it meant at night, which shows
35 the limitations on my French. But it is their phrase,
36 obviously, for our "moonlighting".
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38 MR. MORRIS: Right.
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40 MR. JUSTICE BELL: "Moonlighting in another job during my
41 absence". Yes.
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43 MR. MORRIS: Moonlighting. To continue: "When the social
44 security inspectors verified that this was not the case,
45 McDonald's dropped this charge. During the illuminations
46 festival (December 8th 1992), the restaurant on rue de
47 la Republique received bomb threats, and I was accused of
48 being the perpetrator. I was questioned by the police and
49 held in custody before being let go, due to lack of proof."
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51 Can I just ask, who accused you of being the perpetrator of
52 the bomb threats?
53 A. It was my restaurant; the management of my restaurant
54 made a complaint against an unknown person suspected to be
55 Lamti Hassen.
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57 Q. Made a complaint to who? Who did they make a complaint to?
58 A. At the police station.
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60 Q. Right. "Following a hold-up at the restaurant, an employee
