Day 245 - 07 May 96 - Page 33
1 A. Do I?
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3 Q. Yes?
4 A. Do I? My own observations.
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6 Q. Mr. Preston, you cannot refer us to one single act which
7 would show that we had a leading role in a consistent
8 campaign against McDonald's including prior to the service
9 of writs?
10 A. I refer to your document of Aims and Objectives of
11 London Greenpeace ----
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13 Q. -- We are talking about the two individuals, myself and
14 Mr. Morris?
15 A. Can I finish my sentence? I refer to the document of
16 your own called Aims and Objectives of London Greenpeace
17 where you yourselves refer to yourselves not as individuals
18 but as a group doing anything and everything together as a
19 unit.
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21 The objective of smashing McDonald's is primary. The
22 support of someone like Animal Liberation Front, who will
23 break the law, are listed in there as someone you actively
24 support. The statement was made in that Aims and
25 Objectives document. About the time we had a fire bombing
26 incident in one of our restaurants in Milton Keynes where
27 I had the lives of employees, customers, men, women and
28 children put at risk. I took the instance ----
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30 Q. Mr. Preston, we are not interested in propaganda from you.
31 We are interested in an answer to the question.
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33 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I do not think he need answer it because he
34 says that the evidence is there in the statements in effect
35 and, at the end of the day, I am going to have to consider
36 all the evidence which has been given and then I will be
37 able to see whether that is accurate or not.
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39 MS. STEEL: (To the witness): The point is that you have no
40 evidence about myself and Mr. Morris which you can give in
41 this witness box now to say that we had leading roles in
42 the consistent campaign against McDonald's?
43 A. I have your Aims and Objectives document.
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45 Q. I am not talking about the group, I am talking about ----
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47 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Leave it there because it is an argument as
48 to what evidence is available and argument between you and
49 the witness about whether there is enough or not is not
50 going to help me on any issue.
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52 If, at the end of the day, it turns out there was not
53 sufficient evidence, you can make your point. If it turns
54 out that there was sufficient evidence, then I will hear
55 what you want to say about it.
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57 MS. STEEL: (To the witness): So your position is, your only
58 evidence is that of what the group has put out as opposed
59 to us as individuals?
60 A. No, I did not say that. I said that was part of it. It
