Day 195 - 04 Dec 95 - Page 19
1 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I will cross that out. If Mr. Rampton wants
2 to ask about it, he can, but it is pretty unilluminating
3 anyway.
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5 MS. STEEL: "10. Joining a Trade Union. In the winter of 1987
6 the air conditioning broke down. Crew members measured the
7 temperature at the back of store which was 11 degrees
8 Centigrade and at the counter it was 8 degrees Centigrade"?
9 A. Can I just make a correction there? In my first
10 statement I am giving different temperatures, and I think
11 the temperatures should be taken out of this, specific
12 temperature measurements should be taken out of this
13 statement, because I am not really sure now looking back at
14 it which one was correct, but I expect my first -- the
15 temperature I was giving in my first statement could be
16 more reliable because it was closer to the date than these
17 temperatures here. So we could just cross out the
18 temperature measurements.
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20 Q. So you are not 100 per cent what the temperature was, but
21 do you remember it was under the regulations?
22 A. It was very cold and I remember it was so cold that we
23 decided to measure the temperature. I mean, it was just
24 freezing cold. It was one of the coldest winters in East
25 Anglia on record.
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27 Q. "Someone tried to organise a walk-out."
28 A. OK. That should be -- again in my first statement I am
29 talking about myself and a few others specifically in the
30 grill area prior to open -----
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32 Q. So that was you and other people?
33 A. And other people, yes.
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35 Q. Then I think there is a correction to the next sentence?
36 A. That is right. Instead of "Ray Coton cotton, the Area
37 Supervisor", it should read "Ray Coton informed the Area
38 Supervisor" about this.
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40 Q. "Sally was the Floor Manager and T-shirts were given out.
41 The person who had organised this was warned against
42 collective activity"?
43 A. That should read: "I, myself and others in the grill
44 area".
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46 Q. So: "I, myself and others who had organised this were
47 warned against collective activity"?
48 A. That is correct. This should -- I think the next one
49 should read: "One of the people who was involved in the
50 incident".
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52 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, may we know what the evidence is because
53 plainly there is a huge inconsistency.
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55 MR. JUSTICE BELL: The difficulty is that Mr. Alimi has not seen
56 this statement before. It has been served as part of his
57 evidence when he has not actually seen it.
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59 MR. RAMPTON: I just want to know what the evidence is of this
60 witness because this statement -----
