Day 249 - 14 May 96 - Page 09
1 A. No, no.
2
3 Q. Thank you. Can you put that away? You will have to
4 retrieve that in due course. Before you received a copy of
5 that in 1987, were you aware of the existence of that
6 leaflet do you think?
7 A. It is just possible I may have received one through the
8 post, but the first one I received personally was outside
9 of Head Office.
10
11 Q. Do you remember how in October 1987 it came into your
12 possession?
13 A. Yes, I walked through the demonstration and was handed
14 one.
15
16 Q. Thank you. Mr. Nicholson, can you turn... Immediately
17 behind the photocopy of the leaflet complained of there
18 should be a statement which you made recently, Mr.
19 Nicholson?
20 A. Yes, I have it.
21
22 Q. It has a slightly different typescript. At the back on
23 page 12 there is a signature?
24 A. Yes. That is my signature.
25
26 Q. That is your signature. It is dated 9th May this year?
27 A. Yes, that is correct.
28
29 Q. Have you read this recently?
30 A. Yes, I have.
31
32 Q. Ignoring for the moment, if you would not mind just looking
33 at it, on page 4 (ii)?
34 A. Yes.
35
36 Q. -- to which I am going to come back in a moment, the words
37 in brackets at the end of paragraph 9 on page 6?
38 A. Yes.
39
40 Q. And the whole of paragraph 11 on the same page?
41 A. Is bracketed.
42
43 Q. Ignoring those passages, are the contents of this statement
44 true?
45 A. They are.
46
47 Q. If you go back to page 4, please, to (ii)?
48 A. Yes.
49
50 Q. Can you tell me, in 1989 you have told us that you
51 instructed the inquiry agents -- September and early
52 October 1989?
53 A. That is correct.
54
55 MS. STEEL: Have we -- have you?
56
57 MR. RAMPTON: Yes, it has been verified in the statement. It is
58 paragraph 4.
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60 MS. STEEL: OK, thank you. Sorry, I missed it.