Day 214 - 01 02 96 - Page 2

                                                                  DAY 214
 
 
 
 
 
     1                                      Thursday, 1st February, 1996
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     3   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, Mr. Roberts is here.
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     5   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes, just pause a moment.  What I suggest,
     6        Mr. Morris, if your son -- he probably almost certainly
     7        will not -- gets anxious about anything, Mr. Glen will
     8        bring him back and we will break off for a short while.
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    10   MR. MORRIS:  OK, yes.
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    12                         DAVID ROBERTS, sworn
    13                     Examined by MR. RAMPTON Q.C.
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    15   MR. RAMPTON:  Mr. Roberts, are your full names Dave Roberts?
    16        A.  That is correct.
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    18   Q.   How old are you?
    19        A.  28 years old.
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    21   Q.   28 years old.  Can you find, please, a volume, yellow one,
    22        XB?  It might be in the shelf behind you.  That is the
    23        Heathrow documents file you have there, X.
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    25   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  In the middle section, just towards the left.
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    27   MR. RAMPTON:  Would you turn, please, to tab 39K?
    28        A.  OK.
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    30   Q.   Has that "Dave Roberts", name at the top of it?
    31        A.  Yes, it has.
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    33   Q.   Will you turn to the last page, please, page 7?  Is there a
    34        signature and a date there?
    35        A.  Yes.  It is my signature, the 4.1.96.
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    37   Q.   Have you looked through this statement recently?
    38        A.  Yes, I have, yes.
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    40   Q.   Are its contents true?
    41        A.  Yes, they are.
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    43   Q.   Mr. Roberts, I think you are presently the Manager of the
    44        Shaftesbury Avenue restaurant in the West End ---
    45        A.  That is right.
    46
    47   Q.   -- of McDonald's.  You go back at McDonald's, you tell us
    48        at paragraph 1, to 1985; is that right?
    49        A.  That is right, yes.
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    51   Q.   When you started out as a part-time crew member at the 
    52        Enfield restaurant whilst still at school.  Can I ask you, 
    53        do you still live in Enfield?
    54        A.  Yes, I do, yes.
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    56   Q.   You went full-time in the summer of 1986.  I am not sure of
    57        your date of birth.  How old were you when you actually
    58        started?
    59        A.  I was 18.
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