Day 173 - 16 Oct 95 - Page 63
1 A. Yes. From memory, I think there were two people -- and
2 charged.
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4 Q. What names were they? We are talking about being found
5 guilty of a criminal offence?
6 A. I cannot recall if they were found guilty of a criminal
7 offence, but there were two people taken to court and
8 charged with, I think, assault.
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10 Q. That is a criminal offence, is it not?
11 A. Yes.
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13 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, but a charge is not a conviction.
14 A. Yes, my Lord, I accept that.
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16 Q. So you do not know whether they were convicted in the end
17 or not?
18 A. No I do not
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20 MR. MORRIS: The police were regularly present on the picket
21 lines; yes?
22 A. They had to be called regularly to the picket lines.
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24 MR. MORRIS: (Pause) Sorry, I am -----
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26 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Sit down.
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28 MR. MORRIS: We are trying to cut out some of the questions.
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30 MR. JUSTICE BELL: How much longer do you think you are likely
31 to be with Mr. Mehigan? There may be other matters you
32 want to put, but the two matters I think you should deal
33 with is possible dismissal or discrimination against anyone
34 who was in involved in the 1979 dispute. One point which
35 Mr. Mehigan makes is that after it was all over and the
36 Labour Court had made its recommendations, he says that the
37 union did not actually then do anything in representation
38 of its members; and if you dispute that, then I think that
39 is something which you should challenge or explore. But
40 those are the two aspects which seem to me to be
41 outstanding at this stage.
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43 MR. MORRIS: There is also the later employees in 1985.
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45 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Very well. How long do you think that will
46 take?
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48 MR. MORRIS: We were a bit worried that we would not finish in
49 two days, but I think now we can say that we will get
50 finished by the end of tomorrow, because we are trying to
51 cut out a lot of the stuff about what happened during the
52 strike.
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54 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What I have in mind is, if you can tell me,
55 yes, we will be finished by close of play tomorrow assuming
56 we go on to something like quarter past four, then I will
57 rise now. It may be that it will give you a little more
58 time to consider what you have to put. If there is any
59 risk about it, I would like to sit on for another 20
60 minutes. You can sit down for two or three minutes and
