Day 167 - 02 Oct 95 - Page 45


     
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     2   Q.   I will go through the list of names.  Paul Scott Shepherd,
     3        does he work at Bath now?
     4        A.  He no longer works for us, no, he set his own business
     5        up.
     6
     7   Q.   When did he leave?
     8        A.  A year, maybe 18 months ago.
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    10   Q.   Do you have any idea from your own personal knowledge why
    11        he left?
    12        A.  He left because his wife left him and he could not
    13        afford to pay his mortgage so he went into partnership with
    14        a friend.
    15
    16   Q.   How long had he been there before he left?
    17        A.  He had been there a couple of years.
    18
    19   Q.   Do you have any knowledge of him raising any complaint of
    20        the sort mentioned there?
    21        A.  Not that I know of.  He did not specifically -- did not
    22        speak to me about it.
    23
    24   Q.   Are you aware of there, in fact, being a problem, whether
    25        he raised or he did not, of that nature?
    26        A.  He was a Floor Manager so had he raised it he would
    27        have done so at a Managers' meeting, and he did not do it
    28        at any I was present at.  I am not aware that he raised a
    29        complaint.
    30
    31   Q.   But are you aware of there, in fact, being some sort of
    32        problem of about him having very many shifts?
    33        A.  He worked a lot of shifts in a row, but he did it
    34        because his wife left him and he took the money up to start
    35        his own business.
    36
    37   Q.   If we go on to John Gore -----
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    39   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Just not quite so quickly.  I want to take
    40        this down.  What sort of business did he start?
    41        A.  He runs a catering company with his friends.
    42
    43   Q.   Yes.
    44
    45   MR. ATKINSON:   John Gore, does he work at -----
    46        A.  He still works for us.
    47
    48   Q.   Still works, and how long had he been working for you?
    49        A.  Since, it must be four years now, since 1991, 1992.
    50 
    51   Q.   Are you aware of him raising any complaints of the nature 
    52        stated there? 
    53        A.  Again none that I know of.
    54
    55   Q.   Are you aware of there, in fact, being a problem?
    56        A.  No.
    57
    58   Q.   No.   Mike Stokes?
    59
    60   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What is John Gore's position?

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