Day 161 - 24 Jul 95 - Page 09
1 A. About 3,000, all in all.
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3 MR. RAMPTON: I want to ask you, Miss Anteneh, about some of
4 Miss Tobin's specific allegations.
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6 My Lord, here I have a problem, in that at least half of
7 Miss Tobin's allegations appear to be hearsay. I will, if
8 I may, nonetheless, ask Miss Anteneh, because we believe it
9 to be the case that the Defendants would be entitled to ask
10 her about particular topics, even though the source for
11 them is hearsay.
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13 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Whatever the source, if it is an allegation
14 which, by one route or another, is made, then it seems to
15 me you are entitled to ask about it, as the Defendants
16 would be in cross-examination.
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18 MR. RAMPTON: Yes. I am grateful to your Lordship.
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20 (To the witness) Miss Anteneh, I take these allegations in
21 the order in which they appear in Miss Tobin's statement,
22 which is the order in which you have dealt with them in
23 your written statement.
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25 Her first allegation is that at the Strand store the
26 lettuce was in poor condition, and -- and this is what
27 I want you to deal with -- that a whole bag of rotting
28 lettuce was used up making Big Macs. Do you remember that
29 allegation?
30 A. Yes, I do.
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32 Q. What was the size of a bag of lettuce in those days?
33 A. Two kilo.
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35 Q. Two kilogrammes?
36 A. That is correct.
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38 Q. How many Big Macs would you get out of a two kilogramme bag
39 of lettuce?
40 A. Between 50 to 60 Big Macs.
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42 Q. Between 50 and 60 Big Macs. A Big Mac is in five -----
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44 MR. MORRIS: Sorry, was that 50 to 60, or 250 to 260?
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46 THE WITNESS: 50 to 60.
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48 MR. RAMPTON: Between 50 and 60. A Big Mac -- you correct me if
49 I am wrong -- is in five layers, is it not: bread, meat and
50 lettuce, bread, meat and lettuce, bread?
51 A. That is correct.
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53 Q. Is the lettuce in a Big Mac visible to the customer?
54 A. It is.
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56 Q. Do you remember whether or not you have ever had any
57 complaints about rotting lettuce in Big Macs from the
58 customers at the Strand?
59 A. Yes, I would remember.
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