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2 Q. OK.
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4 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Did that mean that promoted to Chief
5 Superintendent you went to be in charge of your own
6 division?
7 A. Correct, my Lord.
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9 MS. STEEL: What division was that?
10 A. This was M Division. The police station was Carter
11 Street, which is now Woolworth; prior to that I was at
12 Brixton where I served with Mr. Nicholson for a period.
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14 Q. Was it Mr. Nicholson who invited you to come and join
15 McDonald's?
16 A. No. The original chief officer of the company,
17 Mr. Ray, invited me to join McDonald's.
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19 Q. Bob Ray?
20 A. That is right.
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22 Q. You became Security Manager in September 1984 which was
23 when you joined the Company?
24 A. That is right.
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26 Q. What position was Mr. Nicholson in relation to you at that
27 time?
28 A. That time he was Head of Personnel and I actually
29 reported to him for a while.
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31 Q. As Head of Personnel?
32 A. He had Personnel, Security and Franchising were his
33 three departments.
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35 Q. Right. That was in September 1984?
36 A. Yes.
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38 Q. You said you first became aware of the leaflet that is the
39 subject of this action in 1987.
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41 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, what he said in court yesterday was that
42 he first saw it probably in about 1985 or 1986.
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44 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I think Ms. Steel is looking at his
45 statement.
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47 MR. RAMPTON: I know. When she said "you said", I took it it
48 was a reference to the evidence.
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50 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is up to Ms. Steel whether she pursues any
51 distinction between them.
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53 MR. RAMPTON: Yes, of course.
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55 MS. STEEL: Right. I meant "you said" as in "you said in your
56 statement".
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58 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
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60 MS. STEEL (To the witness): Your statement is incorrect in that
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