Day 251 - 17 May 96 - Page 02

     
     1                                            Friday, 17th May 1996.
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     3   MR. MORRIS:  If I can just have a couple of minutes to organise
     4        my pens?  (Pause).
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     6   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Is this something I should look at?
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     8   MS. STEEL:   You could have a look at it.
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    10   MR. MORRIS:  That one today, yes, Miss Branford will be asked
    11        about it, if it is okay.
    12
    13   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I will read Miss Branford's note.  Yes, I
    14        will put that behind Miss Branford's statement.  Some of
    15        the names of towns or areas have not come through
    16        particularly clearly, but you can help me about that if it
    17        is important.
    18
    19   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, all I would say at the moment about that
    20         -- it has just been handed to me -- is that I do not
    21        accept presently that it is admissible evidence; one
    22        principal reason for that is that it is in Portuguese,
    23        quite apart from the fact, obviously, that I have not had a
    24        chance to read it.
    25
    26   MR. JUSTICE BELL:   I will put it there and hear any discussion
    27        or argument about it in due course.
    28
    29   MR. MORRIS:  Shall we call our witness?
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    31   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes, would you like to come into the witness
    32        box, please, Miss Branford?
    33
    34                         SUSAN EDITH BRANFORD, sworn
    35                           Examined by MR. MORRIS
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    37   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  If at any stage you want to sit down,
    38        Miss Branford, pull the chair forward so you sit in the
    39        front of the witness box.
    40        A.  Okay, fine.
    41
    42   MR. MORRIS:  Can you give the court your full name?
    43        A.  Susan Edith Branford.
    44
    45   Q.   Could you give the court your address?
    46        A.  Here in London, yes -- [address removed]
    47
    48   Q.   Could you give the court your current position?
    49        A.  I currently work as a Latin American specialist,
    50        particularly a Brazil specialist, at the World Service of 
    51        the BBC. 
    52 
    53   Q.   How long have you been in that position?
    54        A.  I have been in that position since 1987.
    55
    56   Q.   You have said in your statement that you are a Brazil
    57        specialist; what exactly have you specialised in, the
    58        expertise, your area of expertise, regarding Brazil that is
    59        relevant to this case?
    60        A.  Well, for the last 30 years, the whole of my