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     1        middle aged?
     2        A.  Yes, 34, 37.
     3
     4   Q.   Was he in charge of the company the group then?
     5        A.  Yes.
     6
     7   Q.   Did you know him in those days 1983, 11 years ago?
     8        A.  Yes.
     9
    10   Q.   Did you trust him?
    11        A.  Absolutely.
    12
    13   Q.   The first document has a date stamp on it "Paid 21st July
    14        1983".  I can tell you that the words above the stamp ----
    15
    16   MS. STEEL:  There is more than one with that date on it.  Can
    17        you identify it a bit more?
    18
    19   MR. RAMPTON:  Page 1 of tab 3.
    20
    21   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Do you have page numbers on yours?
    22
    23   MS. STEEL:  Yes.
    24
    25   MR. RAMPTON:  The words above, and I can tell you this because
    26        I have the original, the stamp "Dock Office 15th July 1983"
    27        read as follows:  "Under charged on invoice dated
    28        20.6.83."  I do not know if you can make that out on the
    29        copy or not.  We can see in the right-hand column there is
    30        the princely sum of £2.68.  What does that tell you about
    31        the nature of this document?
    32        A.  It is an extra invoice for an under charged and we had
    33        to pay them a further £2.68.
    34
    35   Q.   The next document which should be numbered 2 in the file,
    36        this is also a Weddel document addressed to McKey Food
    37        Services Limited, on the left-hand side it says "Mark
    38        Weddel".  It is dated underneath the paid stamp 20th June
    39        1983.  The left-hand column "Mark Brazil Weddel, quantity
    40        603" and then C/S is cases?
    41        A.  Cases.
    42
    43   Q.   B/L?
    44        A.  Boneless Ox Chucks.
    45
    46   Q.   Whose gross weight is 32454 pounds, I think, yes?
    47        A.  Yes.
    48
    49   Q.   Tare is what?
    50        A.  Tare is the packaging weight. 
    51 
    52   Q.   So that is subtracted and you get a net weight of 31,158 
    53        pounds?
    54        A.  Yes.
    55
    56   Q.   That is English avoir de poids -- pounds?
    57        A.  Yes.
    58
    59   Q.   Then there is a price which is of no significance.  The
    60        next document, which in the original I tell everybody is

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