Day 179 - 30 Oct 95 - Page 45
1 A. Well, probably the only thing going for it.
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3 Q. Is it -- and here I do make a suggestion -- a coincidence,
4 Mr. Gibney, that you and Mr. Alimi and Mr. Brett and
5 Mr. Harrison and Mrs. Harrison and Mr. Shafibeik are all
6 potential witnesses for the Defendants in this case?
7 A. Yes, it must be, because I have had no contact with
8 Siamak Alimi or Adrian Brett in the last few years.
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10 Q. What about the Harrisons?
11 A. Limited. They are local; I might bump into them in
12 town, or something like that.
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14 Q. Did you six, as I put it -----
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16 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Can you just pause a minute, please,
17 Mr. Rampton? (Pause)
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19 MR. RAMPTON: Did you six discuss your McDonald's experience
20 after you had left?
21 A. What, all at the same time, or -----
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23 Q. No, separately. You can only speak for yourself, of
24 course.
25 A. At times, we would speak of McDonald's, yes.
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27 MR. RAMPTON: Thank you, Mr. Gibney.
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29 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do you want to re-examine? Remember that you
30 do not ever have to re-examine. I suggest you only do so
31 if there is something you want to take up from
32 cross-examination.
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34 Re-examined by the Defendants
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36 MS. STEEL: Yes. There is something I wanted to clarify.
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38 (To the witness) Mr. Rampton just asked you: "Did all six
39 of you discuss your experience after you had left", and you
40 said: "What, all at the same time?" He said: "No,
41 separately." You said: "At times we would speak of
42 McDonald's, yes." Does that apply to all six of you; you
43 know, did you speak to all of those people after you had
44 left or just some of them, or what?
45 A. Not Siamak, but the others.
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47 Q. Have you seen Siamak at all since he -----
48 A. No.
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50 Q. No. Did you sit down and write your statement with these
51 other people, or did you do it on your own?
52 A. No, on my own.
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54 MR. MORRIS: Can I just say, do we have to deal with this,
55 because Mr. Rampton did not actually put anything -----
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57 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I have said it is entirely a matter for you.
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59 MR. MORRIS: What I am saying is, he did not actually put
60 anything to the witness about it; he just made vague
