Day 265 - 19 Jun 96 - Page 56
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2 Q. Right. So how many meetings do you recall me being at?
3 A. What my notes will refer to. I mean, I can't mentally
4 recall other than what my notes state.
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6 Q. Right. So have you got the impression how many I attended?
7 A. Without referring to my notes, I would not like to
8 guess.
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10 Q. So you have no idea if it was five, ten, fifteen or
11 anything?
12 A. It would not have been as many as fifteen. I would be
13 guessing. It probably may have been five, if five that I
14 attended. From what I recall of my notes.
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16 Q. So really it is entirely based on your notes what your
17 recollection is?
18 A. I recall you were there but only from my notes.
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20 Q. I am trying to give, I am now seeing if his impressions are
21 based on his notes?
22 A. No, no, I am referring to the notes made at the time
23 and if my notes say you were there, then you were there.
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25 Q. I understand that, and if the notes do not mention me then
26 I was not there?
27 A. Then you were not there.
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29 Q. Right. So have you got any impressions of me not relied on
30 from your notes of being at meetings where I might have
31 sat? General things; what I might say, what I may be
32 wearing?
33 A. I don't see the question, sorry.
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35 Q. Have you got any impressions of me from memory?
36 A. Physically or--
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38 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I think you have got to be more specific
39 than that because we infer from what Mr. Claire said he has
40 got an impression of what you look like.
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42 MR. MORRIS: Well, he saw a photo.
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44 MR. JUSTICE BELL: If you are asking whether he has got any
45 particular impression about you said or did, put to it him
46 rather more specifically.
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48 MR. MORRIS: Well, I want to know if in reality you have any
49 impression at all, after six years, of any kind?
50 A. Yes.
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52 Q. Apart from what you have been shown a photograph?
53 A. Yes. I can recall your physical appearance at that
54 time.
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56 Q. You can?
57 A. Yes.
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59 Q. Can you describe my physical appearance at that time then?
60 A. From memory you had a beard, jet black beard with black
