Day 304 - 22 Nov 96 - Page 28


     
     1        Mr. Pocklington, that the majority of the organisation of
     2        the day and, certainly, any announcements were made by two
     3        people:  firstly and foremostly, by a man now identified as
     4        Paul Gravett; and, secondly, the man referred to throughout
     5        the course of the day as "Charlie".  That was day 261,
     6        pages 58 and 59.  The witness then confirmed that those two
     7        people were the ones that appeared to be in charge of the
     8        fair.  Whilst there was evidence that myself and Mr. Morris
     9        were present at the fair, there was no evidence about us
    10        being involved in any way in organising the fair or running
    11        it; there was no evidence beyond mere attendance.
    12
    13        The 25th -- or was it the 26th, I can't remember --
    14        25th January 1990, this was a meeting at Ensley Street
    15        attended by Mr. Pocklington.  This was the occasion where
    16        Mr. Gravett brought up about writing a pamphlet; and his
    17        evidence on that was day 262, page 23.  Sorry, that was
    18        Mr. Pocklington's evidence.  That might have sounded like
    19        it was Mr. Gravett's evidence.
    20
    21   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  No.  It was reporting what Mr. Gravett said.
    22
    23   MS. STEEL:   Yes.  Mr. Pocklington could not recall any specific
    24        contribution made by anyone other than Mr. Gravett in this
    25        discussion which did refer to McDonald's.  In particular,
    26        he did not recall any contribution made by me.  But, most
    27        importantly, he did not give any evidence at all, either in
    28        chief or during cross-examination, that the fact sheet was
    29        distributed on that day.  So, therefore, there is no
    30        evidence of publication on that day.
    31
    32        On 22nd February 1990, Mr. Clare says in his statement on
    33        page -- actually, I am not sure what page of the statement
    34        it is -- in his statement, he asserted that copies of the
    35        fact sheet, along with numerous other leaflets, were
    36        available on the tables.  However, in cross-examination, he
    37        accepted that he had not made a contemporaneous note to
    38        that effect, and he agreed that he was not in a position to
    39        give any evidence that the fact sheet was on the table at
    40        that meeting.
    41
    42        I cannot actually find the reference for that at the
    43        moment, but I will dig that one out, because we say it is
    44        quite important.
    45
    46   MR. MORRIS:   It may be day 265, page 6 -- around that page,
    47        anyway.
    48
    49   MS. STEEL:   Given that he said that there were numerous types
    50        of leaflet on the table on that date, how credible is his 
    51        statement to the effect that he recalled, three and a 
    52        quarter years after the event, that -- sorry -- how 
    53        credible is his statement to the effect that he can recall
    54        that the fact sheet was on the table and available at that
    55        event, when the statement was made three and a quarter
    56        years after the event?
    57
    58        The other evidence relating to 22nd February 1990 was that
    59        of Mr. Pocklington in his statement -- well, both in his
    60        statement and his notes he does not mention any leaflets

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