Day 115 - 06 Apr 95 - Page 49
1 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Start again and speak up, please, Mr. Bruton?
2 A. I was dismissed for having green overalls. I
3 supposedly stole green overalls. When the Police took the
4 overalls which was Sun Valley's, and some gloves was Sun
5 Valley's, I am not denying that fact and never have from
6 day one. There was never no green overalls in the bungalow
7 or parcel what was taken from my home, if you like. That
8 is why I was dismissed, for green overalls because they are
9 saying: "If you have green overalls, why have you got
10 them? You should not have them". The police says: "Yes,
11 yes, you have got it". The police made such a hash and a
12 cock up of it, excuse my French, of saying, yes, they was
13 blue, they was green, they was this, they was
14 that, conflicting stories between Chief Superintendents,
15 high ranking police officers, down to your PCs, could not
16 make up their mind whether they was green or blue.
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18 MR. JUSTICE BELL: How many pairs of unused gloves which had
19 come from Sun Valley did you have?
20 A. I think it was eight pairs, sir, and ------
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22 Q. How many pairs of socks which had not been used?
23 A. Three, and one pair of overalls, sir. Stewart Rhoney
24 come to my premises and I said: "If you explain what is
25 and what is not" because they was pressing charges and then
26 there was no charges, so the property come back to myself.
27 I said: "if you can tell me the make and manufacturers of
28 your suppliers, we will go through this together and you
29 can willingly have what is your stuff back".
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31 If your learned friend knows so much, I think you will have
32 in your documentation what John Bruton returned to Sun
33 Valley, which was Sun Valley's property.
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35 MR. RAMPTON: 17 pairs of Pilot, that is the brand name,
36 Seafarer white socks, I put it to you. What were they
37 doing in your house?
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39 MR. JUSTICE BELL: He has not answered your question.
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41 MR. RAMPTON: Sorry, you are quite right.
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43 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What do you say about that, Mr. Bruton?
44 A. They did not belong to Sun Valley, 17 pairs, because
45 there was not 17 pair of Seafarer socks.
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47 MR. RAMPTON: They were not?
48 A. Not Seafarer socks, no.
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50 Q. Not Pilot brand Seafarer white socks?
51 A. Not 17 pair of.
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53 Q. Not 49 pairs of unused yellow ribbed gloves?
54 A. There was yellow ribbed gloves there, yes.
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56 Q. What are you doing with 49 pairs of yellow ribbed gloves?
57 A. They did not belong to Sun Valley.
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59 Q. They did not belong to Sun Valley?
60 A. No.
