Day 263 - 14 Jun 96 - Page 60
1 particular people.
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3 Q. When were you first asked to give evidence for this case?
4 When were you first aware that you were going to be giving
5 evidence or that you might be wanted to give evidence?
6 A. I think there was a possibility in 1993 that I might.
7 Other than that, more recently, it was a matter of two or
8 three weeks ago, I suppose.
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10 Q. Right. Mr. Bishop said that he believed he had seen you at
11 other meetings other than this one, and that he then had
12 been told that you were an investigator. I cannot remember
13 what else he said, whether he was not to bother reporting
14 on what you did, or something to that effect anyway. Would
15 you accept that you attended other meetings?
16 A. No, I did not. This was the only meeting I attended.
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18 Q. Actually, you said in your statement you do not remember?
19 A. I do not -- I would have recalled, I am sure, attending
20 other meetings. My only recollection is that, subsequent
21 to this one, I turned up at the sort of anticipated time
22 and place and no meeting was held, which may have been a
23 month later.
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25 Q. Can I just ask you to look at your statement?
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27 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do you have it there?
28 A. Yes.
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30 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Can you just draw my attention to the part of
31 the statement you had in mind when you put the last
32 question about not recalling?
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34 MS. STEEL: I see. It was in the supplementary statement,
35 paragraph 5, "After the passing of six years I cannot now
36 remember if I attended a further meeting. If I did, I did
37 not participate in, promote or encourage any activity
38 relating to McDonald's or on any occasion distribute the
39 leaflet complained of". (To the witness): Have you
40 changed your mind since you made the statement?
41 A. Whereabouts is it? Can you -----
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43 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is in 6B, right at the end.
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45 THE WITNESS: Sorry, can you repeat that?
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47 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Paragraph 5.
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49 THE WITNESS: Yes, and the question again, sorry?
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51 MS. STEEL: "After the passing of six years I cannot now
52 remember if I attended a further meeting. If I did, I did
53 not participate in, promote or encourage any activity
54 relating to McDonald's or on any occasion distribute the
55 leaflet complained of." Is that what you told the
56 solicitors recently?
57 A. Yes.
58
59 Q. Have you changed your mind?
60 A. No, I have not.
