Day 076 - 18 Jan 95 - Page 02
1 Wednesday, 18th January 1995.
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3 MR. MORRIS: We would like to call our witness.
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5 MR. COLIN IAN McINTYRE, Sworn.
6 Examined by the Defendants.
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8 MR. MORRIS: Mr. McIntyre, can you give your address, please?
9 A. I live at 47 Smith Street.
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11 Q. That is SW3?
12 A. Yes.
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14 Q. Is that just off the Kings Road?
15 A. Yes, it is three houses from the Kings Road.
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17 Q. Are you close to a McDonald's restaurant?
18 A. Yes.
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20 Q. I will just ask you a few questions about yourself: You
21 are a journalist; is that correct?
22 A. I am a retired journalist, yes. I write books now.
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24 Q. Did you achieve some prominence amongst journalists in
25 terms of recognition, for example, with the National Union
26 of Journalists?
27 A. I was a member of the National Union of Journalists
28 Executive Committee, yes.
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30 Q. How long have you lived at Smith Street?
31 A. At this address, 36 years.
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33 Q. Were you a founder member of the local Residents
34 Association?
35 A. Yes, I was its first Secretary as well, yes.
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37 Q. That is the Smith Street Residents Association?
38 A. That is right.
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40 Q. Which is still going?
41 A. Which is still going.
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43 Q. That was founded when?
44 A. In 1979, I think.
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46 Q. You have been active in the Residents Association since,
47 have you?
48 A. Yes.
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50 Q. Have you been elected to positions in that Residents
51 Association in the last few years?
52 A. No, I have moved on really to do my residents work with
53 the Royal Hospital Wards Residents Association, which is an
54 overall body handling 33, 35 different residents
55 associations.
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57 Q. The umbrella of the group?
58 A. It is an umbrella organisation.
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60 Q. What is your position with that Association?
