Day 112 - 31 Mar 95 - Page 31


     
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     3   Q.   This statement is intended, so far as you can possibly
     4        achieve it, to paint the blackest possible picture of
     5        Jarrett that is imaginable, is it not?  That is the whole
     6        point of it?
     7        A.  No.  Everything in this statement is correct, as far as
     8        I am concerned.
     9
    10   Q.   But you have included everything you thought you could
    11        think of which would make Jarretts out to be a bunch of
    12        dangerous cowboys, in effect; that is really what you are
    13        trying to do, is it not?
    14        A.  Well, you said yourself yesterday that I had not
    15        included everything, and I definitely told to the
    16        Defendants that should I make a full statement, should
    17        I include everything?  And they advised me not to because
    18        the statement would have been very long if I had included
    19        all the evidence that I gave yesterday on the state of the
    20        matters at Jarretts.
    21
    22   Q.   They advised you not to make a supplementary statement
    23        including all that material?
    24        A.  I was not advised on the possibility of making that.
    25        I am very sorry.
    26
    27   Q.   Were they trying to take us by surprise in court?  Is that
    28        what I they were trying to do, the Defendants?
    29        A.  I have no idea.
    30
    31   MR. MORRIS:  Maybe you can ask the Defendants and we will tell
    32        you.
    33
    34   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes, but do not worry about that.
    35
    36   MR. RAMPTON:  We want to hear it from an independent witness,
    37        I think.
    38
    39   MR. MORRIS:  If it must be known, we do not ask our witnesses to
    40        do any more than they can reasonably do unpaid in their own
    41        spare time voluntarily for us.  Basically, as far as we
    42        could see, this was a substantial statement which put all
    43        the allegations down that were relevant, as far as we could
    44        see.  The details of the allegations would obviously come
    45        out under examination and cross-examination, as with every
    46        single other witness that has appeared in this court since
    47        this case started.
    48
    49   MR. RAMPTON (To the witness):  Paragraph 8, Ms. Hovi, was,
    50        therefore, intended, was it, as a criticism of Jarretts? 
    51        A.  Yes, to a certain extent for my part. 
    52 
    53   Q.   Why?
    54        A.  Because I find it, in my professional opinion, I think
    55        that it is very important for the plant management and the
    56        OVS to co-operate in their work.  In the end, that is the
    57        only way to assure that the work at the abattoir is carried
    58        out in the manner that we wish it to be done to safeguard
    59        public health.
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