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     1   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Let us come back to that when we have all had
     2        time to read it.
     3
     4   MR. MORRIS:  Yes.  It is not exhaustive; it is just ones that
     5        were fairly urgent, or easy to write down.
     6
     7   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.  Thank you.
     8
     9   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, Mr. Atherton is here.  Perhaps I can call
    10        him.
    11
    12   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.  Thank you.
    13
    14               JOHN ROBERT ATHERTON, recalled and resworn
    15                       Examined by MR. RAMPTON Q.C.
    16
    17   MR. RAMPTON:  Mr. Atherton, you have been here before, so I hope
    18        you will forgive me if I do not ask you any introductory
    19        questions.
    20
    21        Did you recently make and sign a statement in relation to
    22        events at the High Street Colchester restaurant in the
    23        early part or in the middle of 1991; do you remember making
    24        a statement?
    25        A.  I remember making a statement, yes.
    26
    27   Q.   Can you see if there is a volume XB with a yellow backing
    28        to it there, and can you please turn to tab 34D?
    29        A.  Yes.
    30
    31   Q.   Yes?
    32        A.  I have got that.
    33
    34   Q.   Just have a glance at that.  Look at the last page.  I hope
    35        your copy is signed.
    36        A.  This copy has been signed, yes.
    37
    38   Q.   It has?
    39        A.  Yes.
    40
    41   Q.   Is that your signature?
    42        A.  It is, indeed.
    43
    44   Q.   Is that the statement you made recently in relation to the
    45        topic I have described?
    46        A.  Yes.
    47
    48   Q.   Are the contents of that statement true?
    49        A.  Indeed, they are true, yes.
    50 
    51   MR. RAMPTON:  Thank you, Mr. Atherton. 
    52 
    53   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.
    54
    55                   Cross-examined by the Defendants
    56
    57   MS. STEEL:  Can I just say for the record that I have actually
    58        been ill all week, and I am not feeling particularly well
    59        today.  So Mr. Morris is going to be asking the majority of
    60        the questions, but there may be a few points that I want to

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