Day 263 - 14 Jun 96 - Page 58
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2 MS. STEEL: It is relevant to his experience. I said, has he
3 been an investigator prior to that?
4 (To the witness): Had you been an investigator prior to
5 1990?
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7 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What is the problem?
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9 THE WITNESS: I can answer that.
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11 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You started by saying you have not worked for
12 Kings for five years and then, as I understood it, you did
13 a couple of years ago and a couple of months ago. Is there
14 some problem about the matter?
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16 THE WITNESS: Are you referring to before -- pre-1990?
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18 MS. STEEL: Yes, at the moment, yes. That is the question at
19 the moment, yes.
20 A. Yes, I have been an investigator prior to that, but not
21 a freelance investigator.
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23 Q. Right. So how long had you been an investigator for?
24 A. 30 years.
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26 Q. Are you a former police officer?
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28 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I object.
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30 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You can certainly ask that question, but we
31 will see where we go next.
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33 MR. RAMPTON: For the moment I am puzzled by its relevance.
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35 THE WITNESS: Yes, my Lord, I was.
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37 MS. STEEL: So, when was it that you became a temporary manager
38 for Kings?
39 A. In July or August 1990.
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41 Q. You had not been prior to that?
42 A. No.
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44 Q. Had you had any position of responsibility within Kings
45 prior to that?
46 A. No, I had not prior to that, no.
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48 Q. But you had been working at that agency for some time?
49 A. As a freelance investigator, yes, in that year and
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52 Q. But not as a direct employee?
53 A. No.
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55 Q. Sorry, I interrupted you. You were about to say "and
56 prior"?
57 A. In that year, 1990, and prior to becoming a temporary
58 general manager, which was in July or August of that year.
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60 Q. When you were asked to take on this inquiry, what
