Day 188 - 15 Nov 95 - Page 67


     
     1             locker on which he or she permanently kept a
     2             lock.  There was no previous known example of
     3             management enforcing this rule.
     4
     5             Tony denied all knowledge of what might have
     6             been inside the locker.  It was blatantly
     7             obvious to me that he was lying.  I persisted
     8             with my complaints every time the opportunity
     9             arose.  Approximately a week later I brought the
    10             subject up again in conversation with Tony.  On
    11             this occasion Tony said that the locker had been
    12             broken open by another crew member, or at least
    13             he 'presumed this was the case'.
    14
    15             Tony said that it was not impossible that this
    16             was what had happened, since other crew members
    17             had had their belongings stolen by fellow crew
    18             members recently.  (This was true.  I myself had
    19             had a jacket stolen from the crew room shortly
    20             before that time).  However, any other thefts
    21             that had occurred had not involved locks being
    22             broken off lockers.
    23
    24             I pressed Tony saying that I could not see why
    25             it was that valueless items had been taken from
    26             my locker and the only valuable item that was in
    27             there, i.e. the shoes, had been left.  Tony's
    28             response was 'So what?  What of any interest to
    29             me would be in your locker?'.  I did respond and
    30             said, 'I do not know, Tony; you tell me what
    31             would interest you, Tony'.
    32
    33             I did not discuss the locker incident with any
    34             of the other crew members except one of my
    35             friends Kevin.  I informed the police of this
    36             incident.  I went to Highbury Police
    37             Station"-----
    38
    39   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I do not think -- you can read, "Kevin was
    40        himself very keen on the union idea".
    41
    42   MS. STEEL:  Sorry, I did not realise that had not been crossed
    43        out.
    44
    45             "Kevin was himself very keen on the union idea.
    46             I informed the police of this incident.  I went
    47             to Highbury Police Station (just off Seven
    48             Sisters Road).  The police said that there was
    49             no evidence of a break-in.  They filled out a
    50             report form and absolutely nothing happened. 
    51             The police refused to look into the matter 
    52             because they were 'overstretched'. 
    53
    54             After my conversation with Kevin, I approached
    55             Tony again and accused him of lying.  Tony is a
    56             very placid person who is usually most
    57             diplomatic and polite.  However, on this
    58             occasion, Tony became so agitated that he even
    59             swore - this was completely unheard of.  As he
    60             turned to go away, Tony said to me 'If you do

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