Day 200 - 12 Dec 95 - Page 07
1 Q. What, a continuous -----
2 A. Yes.
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4 Q. At the same place or ---
5 A. No.
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7 Q. -- I meant not at this farm?
8 A. No, at that farm.
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10 Q. But when you were filming from day one to slaughter, you
11 went back to the same farm continuously?
12 A. No, it was before that, a while ago, a different farm.
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14 Q. But the same throughout, the same different ----
15 A. Yes, the same particular batch of chicks right the way
16 through from day one, right the way through to the final
17 day.
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19 MS. STEEL: I do not think I have any further questions.
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21 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Thank you. Can I just ask how many disabled
22 chickens, including those which were moribund, were there
23 altogether?
24 A. There were just too many to say. The ones I managed to
25 film are the ones that were in a clearing.
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27 Q. The ones which?
28 A. In a clearing.
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30 Q. Yes, well, I saw that.
31 A. There were too many to say. Everywhere I looked there
32 were chickens with grotesque deformities and chickens that
33 could not walk, unable to drag themselves.
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35 Cross-Examined by Mr. Rampton Q.C.
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37 Q. Miss Watkins, 10th September 1995 was a Sunday, was it not?
38 A. Yes.
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40 Q. It would appear from the film, at least, you were there for
41 about a quarter of an hour?
42 A. Yes.
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44 Q. Did you have the permission of the farmer?
45 A. No, I did not.
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47 Q. He did not know you were there?
48 A. No.
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50 Q. The shed, I think, was unlocked; you just walked in and
51 took the film?
52 A. I just walked in and took the film. The door was
53 unlocked.
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55 Q. Did you tell the farmer afterwards you had phoned the vet?
56 A. The vet told the farmer.
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58 Q. So the farmer did not know that the vet was coming?
59 A. There was nobody there to tell.
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