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1 store with the late night cafe licence, then we would be
2 able to clear up their rubbish after them. But if we could
3 offer a take-away service only, then obviously the rubbish
4 would be created, the problem would be created outside
5 instead of being able to be contained inside the
6 restaurant.
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8 Q. So you are recognising there is a environment/index.html">litter problem but you
9 are saying it is the residents' own fault for objecting to
10 an eat-in?
11 A. No, I said that this, because we did not have a late
12 night cafe licence, this obviously caused a problem because
13 inconsiderate customers late at night threw their rubbish
14 away on to the adjoining areas.
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16 Q. This environment/index.html">litter patrol, this is the one that lasted for two
17 weeks or something like that; is that right?
18 A. That is correct, yes.
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20 Q. How many people were sent out on this environment/index.html">litter patrol? How
21 many employees?
22 A. We, as usual, we sent one out.
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24 Q. Just one?
25 A. That is correct, yes.
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27 Q. Why not send them out in twos and threes?
28 A. Well, after they voiced their opinion that they were
29 worried about going out late at night by themselves or
30 going out late at night while it was dark completing a
31 environment/index.html">litter patrol, I asked them if it would be better to go out
32 in pairs, but they still felt worried because the pubs came
33 out at approximately just after 11 o'clock and they were
34 worried that there may be problems caused by -----
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36 MR. JUSTICE BELL: But this would be after midnight, would it
37 not?
38 A. Yes, that is correct, but they still felt there would
39 be people out there.
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41 Q. I have to say it sounds to me as if they were much more
42 anxious to be off home. I would not have thought two
43 perhaps young men of reasonable fortitude had anything very
44 much to worry about walking down Smith Street at 10 past 12
45 at night. I mean, anything can happen in this large
46 metropolis and unfortunate things do but I would not have
47 thought they had much cause for worry.
48 A. Yes, but we decided just to eliminate that risk.
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50 MS. STEEL: Would you be afraid to go out there and do the
51 environment/index.html">litter patrol at that time of night?
52 A. I would be wary as I am wary if I go out at night and
53 I come home late at night, I am wary of what I do when
54 I walk by myself late at night.
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56 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What is closing time in the area? Is it
57 11 o'clock still and ten minutes drinking up?
58 A. I believe so, sir, yes.
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60 Q. The cinema down the road, what time do people normally come
