Day 187 - 13 Nov 95 - Page 08
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3 Call Mr. Lamti, please. We will have the interpreter sworn
4 at the same time.
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6 (The witness Hassen Lamti was called into the witness box)
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8 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Can I just ask Mr. Lamti: do you understand
9 any English at all? (To the interpreter) Could you ask
10 Mr. Lamti that? (Pause)
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12 THE WITNESS: No.
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14 MR. JUSTICE BELL: That makes it easier, because one runs into
15 trouble often where a witness whose first language is
16 another language also understands a bit of English.
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18 (The interpreter, Ms. Suna Scutcher, was affirmed)
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20 HASSEN LAMTI, affirmed
21 Examined by the Defendants
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23 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Will you give the interpreter the
24 affirmation, please, Mr. Riley?
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26 (To the interpreter): Will you tell Mr. Lamti what that
27 means in French, please?
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29 THE INTERPRETER: Yes, certainly.
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31 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Will you ask him if he understands that that
32 is the promise which he has just made?
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34 THE WITNESS: Yes.
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36 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Thank you. What I suggest, Mr. Morris, is
37 that Miss Scutcher -- if Mr. Riley would pull this chair
38 out -- sits just off the end of the table.
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40 (To the interpreter) If you would not mind, Miss Scutcher,
41 if you sit facing out to court, not to the witness, or if
42 you face over towards Mr. Rampton, then you will be more
43 comfortable and we can all hear what the English is, at the
44 end of the day.
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46 MR. MORRIS: You have to speak up.
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48 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes -- loud and clear. Yes, Mr. Morris?
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50 MR. MORRIS: Can you give the court your full name and address?
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52 THE INTERPRETER: My name is Suna Scutcher.
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54 MR. MORRIS: Sorry, this is for the witness.
55 A. ************, ********************, *****
56 ***************, ****, France.
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58 Q. Do you work for McDonald's?
59 A. Yes.
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