Day 074 - 16 Jan 95 - Page 52
1 complaint of that kind that you now recall?
2 A. There was one complaint but I do not know whether it is
3 exactly that, when the lorry broke down, a Prestige lorry
4 broke down, and while they were loading and compacting;
5 whether it is that time or not, I am not too sure.
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7 Q. Who is Bill Austen?
8 A. Bill Austen also works for the company in the Head
9 Office.
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11 MS. STEEL: Which department?
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13 MR. JUSTICE BELL: In what kind of job?
14 A. I do not know.
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16 Q. You see, the way I read the first sentence it may be
17 whoever did it antagonised not only the neighbours but the
18 restaurant as well, because there is an oblique sign, or
19 what I take to be an oblique sign there. Might he be the
20 person who was responsible for getting the rubbish
21 compactors?
22 A. It could be at that time when those people who collect
23 the rubbish they were collecting and somebody might have
24 said to them and they might have answered.
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26 Q. Anyway, you say you do not recall anything about this?
27 A. No.
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29 MS. STEEL: Who was collecting the rubbish at that time, which
30 firm?
31 A. Prestige.
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33 Q. Was that something that was arranged through McDonald's
34 Head Office or was that something that you arranged?
35 A. It was done collectively for the restaurant which were,
36 I think they were in Tony Jeffs' group.
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38 Q. All the restaurants that Tony Jeffs was the supervisor of?
39 A. Yes.
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41 Q. So you remember a problem then with rubbish bags on the
42 pavement?
43 A. I do not know anything about that, but the only
44 incident which I know is when the Prestige lorry that got
45 broken down.
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47 Q. Just the one occasion, you say?
48 A. Yes, that was the only occasion which I recall.
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50 MR. MORRIS: I just want to work through these documents as
51 quickly as possible, Mr. Siddique. The first one is 743,
52 yes? They are not in date order but let us just go through
53 them the way they are, otherwise it is impossible. Do you
54 have 743?
55 A. Yes, I have.
56
57 Q. Do you note that on the right-hand side a third of the way
58 down it says: "Objectors (to date) 76"?
59 A. Yes.
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