Day 304 - 22 Nov 96 - Page 28
1 Mr. Pocklington, that the majority of the organisation of
2 the day and, certainly, any announcements were made by two
3 people: firstly and foremostly, by a man now identified as
4 Paul Gravett; and, secondly, the man referred to throughout
5 the course of the day as "Charlie". That was day 261,
6 pages 58 and 59. The witness then confirmed that those two
7 people were the ones that appeared to be in charge of the
8 fair. Whilst there was evidence that myself and Mr. Morris
9 were present at the fair, there was no evidence about us
10 being involved in any way in organising the fair or running
11 it; there was no evidence beyond mere attendance.
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13 The 25th -- or was it the 26th, I can't remember --
14 25th January 1990, this was a meeting at Ensley Street
15 attended by Mr. Pocklington. This was the occasion where
16 Mr. Gravett brought up about writing a pamphlet; and his
17 evidence on that was day 262, page 23. Sorry, that was
18 Mr. Pocklington's evidence. That might have sounded like
19 it was Mr. Gravett's evidence.
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21 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No. It was reporting what Mr. Gravett said.
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23 MS. STEEL: Yes. Mr. Pocklington could not recall any specific
24 contribution made by anyone other than Mr. Gravett in this
25 discussion which did refer to McDonald's. In particular,
26 he did not recall any contribution made by me. But, most
27 importantly, he did not give any evidence at all, either in
28 chief or during cross-examination, that the fact sheet was
29 distributed on that day. So, therefore, there is no
30 evidence of publication on that day.
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32 On 22nd February 1990, Mr. Clare says in his statement on
33 page -- actually, I am not sure what page of the statement
34 it is -- in his statement, he asserted that copies of the
35 fact sheet, along with numerous other leaflets, were
36 available on the tables. However, in cross-examination, he
37 accepted that he had not made a contemporaneous note to
38 that effect, and he agreed that he was not in a position to
39 give any evidence that the fact sheet was on the table at
40 that meeting.
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42 I cannot actually find the reference for that at the
43 moment, but I will dig that one out, because we say it is
44 quite important.
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46 MR. MORRIS: It may be day 265, page 6 -- around that page,
47 anyway.
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49 MS. STEEL: Given that he said that there were numerous types
50 of leaflet on the table on that date, how credible is his
51 statement to the effect that he recalled, three and a
52 quarter years after the event, that -- sorry -- how
53 credible is his statement to the effect that he can recall
54 that the fact sheet was on the table and available at that
55 event, when the statement was made three and a quarter
56 years after the event?
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58 The other evidence relating to 22nd February 1990 was that
59 of Mr. Pocklington in his statement -- well, both in his
60 statement and his notes he does not mention any leaflets
