Day 203 - 12 Jan 96 - Page 04
1 High Street?
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3 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Colchester High Street first.
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5 MR. RAMPTON: That is 141, I think.
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7 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Then Ipswich?
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9 MR. RAMPTON: I think Ipswich is 200.
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11 THE WITNESS: 200.
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13 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Colchester Tolgate?
14 A. 369.
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16 Q. Clacton?
17 A. 194.
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19 Q. And when Colchester Leisure World opened?
20 A. 399.
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22 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Thank you very much.
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24 MR. RAMPTON: Thank you, Mr. Skehel. Please remain there.
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26 Cross-examined by the Defendants
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28 MR. MORRIS: Did you work at any job before you worked for
29 McDonald's for any significant amount of time?
30 A. What is a significant amount of time?
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32 Q. Well, more than a couple of weeks.
33 A. Yes.
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35 Q. What was your job before?
36 A. I have held many different jobs, whether it be
37 part-time or full-time, over a span of probably six years,
38 before having started work with McDonald's as a student,
39 anything from working in a supermarket to working as a
40 labourer on a building site or with somebody who built
41 extensions.
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43 Q. Do you remember an incident in 1987, around 87/88, in
44 Ipswich when somebody was almost crushed by a lift at the
45 Ipswich store?
46 A. I recall some of the details of the incident, yes.
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48 Q. Somebody was working underneath the lift shaft, at the
49 bottom of the lift shaft, clearing out rubbish, and
50 somebody started the lift; and you, I think, rushed to the
51 lift and stopped it from -----
52 A. No, I did not. I was not working. I was on holiday
53 that week. I was not involved in the incident.
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55 Q. You just heard about the incident?
56 A. Correct. I worked in the restaurant. When I returned
57 from holiday I found out about the incident.
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59 Q. Right. Can you just tell us what you heard -----
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