Day 119 - 02 May 95 - Page 11
1 speeded up a little, which we can ask the film maker about?
2 A. I thought on both occasions when we saw the close up
3 behind the counter, clearly, that was lunch-time because of
4 the volume of people working there. I honestly thought
5 that that had been slightly, not a great deal, but slightly
6 speeded up to give an even bigger impression of hustle.
7 That was my impression. I could be wrong but that was my
8 reaction.
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10 MS. STEEL: Can I just make an observation? We have asked
11 Mr. Rampton not to make comments out loud previously.
12 Whilst that shot of the store was being shown, that was
13 actually what Mr. Rampton said, "That sequence has been
14 speeded up". I really think he ought to make more of an
15 effort to control himself rather than giving the witnesses
16 ideas.
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18 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I whispered to Mrs. Brinley-Codd that
19 that was my impression. I think the right question to ask
20 Mr. Nicholson, if I may say so ------
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22 MR. MORRIS: I am asking the questions.
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24 MR. RAMPTON: An objection has been made, Mr. Morris, and I
25 shall answer it. The right question to ask Mr. Nicholson
26 is whether he took that opinion from me or from his own
27 observation.
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29 MS. STEEL: There is also the question of -- this is a request
30 -- I know that Mr. Rampton is capable of whispering things
31 quietly to Mrs. Brinley-Codd. There are a number of
32 occasions when he says things loud enough for other people
33 to hear. We consider that it is deliberate.
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35 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I did not actually hear it myself. It is
36 obviously essential that people have to keep their voices
37 down so they communicate only with those they are
38 addressing. I am certainly not going to reach a conclusion
39 that Mr. Rampton, if he did say that, said that with a view
40 to prompting Mr. Nicholson. But you can ask the question
41 Mr. Rampton suggested, if you want to. If you are going to
42 suggest that Mr. Nicholson gave that answer because of
43 something Mr. Rampton said, you should put it to him.
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45 MR. MORRIS (To the witness): Did you give that answer because
46 of something that Mr. Rampton said?
47 A. I honestly did not. I know that is the kind of answer
48 you would expect me to give, but I really did not hear
49 anything whispered by Mr. Rampton to Mrs. Brinley-Codd.
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51 Q. Apart from those points which you said about the speed of
52 the film, those two points, was the filming an authentic --
53 it is just a basic, fundamental question before we get on
54 to whether that is the same in other stores.
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56 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Can we take it this way? Just pause for a
57 moment because I really think you have to put what you are
58 aiming at and ask whether that is accurate, but I assume
59 you have no reason whatsoever to doubt that that was filmed
60 in a McDonald's store or stores; that, for instance, it was
