Day 277 - 10 Jul 96 - Page 19
1 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
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3 MS. STEEL: It is not mega-important, but it is just that on
4 page 131 of the notes--
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6 MR. MORRIS: Can you say who that is?
7 A. It is Brian Bishop, 16th August in No. 4. I mean, I
8 said does it matter if I raised this when I was asking Mr
9 Bishop, but it is just to say that what is written there is
10 actually completely incorrect and it was not a mutual
11 friend. What it was was that a whole animal rights group
12 in the local area had been pulled in and questioned and
13 they had all been released without charge, and it was not
14 -- I mean, I don't know anybody down there as a friend, so
15 that is just completely incorrect.
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17 The other thing which I would just like to point out
18 in respect of that is that he says that it was a
19 conversation between me and Paul, and yet he says "it was
20 generally felt that as..." -- and then it goes on. And if
21 I just make the point that where he says "generally felt
22 throughout the notes...", I mean, if he can apply that to
23 just a conversation between two people I just think it
24 gives some indication about whether or not things were
25 actually generally felt or whether they were just, you
26 know, the opinion of one person.
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28 But also that the last part of the sentence is wrong
29 anyway, it was not because of the person's mother it was
30 because the whole group had been questioned and they had
31 all been released without any charges. So, sorry, that was
32 all I wanted to say on that.
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34 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. Do you have any more questions
35 Mr. Morris?
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37 MR. MORRIS: I don't think so. Just give me 10 more seconds.
38 No further questions. Thank you.
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40 Cross-examined by Mr. Rampton
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42 Q. Miss Steel, I expect you have counted up the number of
43 London Greenpeace events or meetings which you attended
44 starting on 16th October 1989 and ending on 20th September
45 1990. Have you counted them up according to the notes we
46 have got?
47 A. Actually, I have not, although I have got actually, a
48 chart of the ones which I attended, which are the ones
49 which I drew up. I can count them if you want me to.
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51 Q. No, I was wondering if you would accept from me, I was
52 wondering if you could take it from me -- we can all count
53 them later on in the case -- that excluding 14th June,
54 which you say you were not at, and I am bound to say I am
55 inclined to accept on behalf of my clients, that you
56 attended something like 33?
57 A. That sounds quite possible.
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59 Q. And that of those 33, 23 had some kind of McDonald's
60 element about them to a greater or lesser extent?
