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                                                                  DAY 212
 
                                                   KIM MOFFATT, Examined:
 
 
 
     1        strict management style and made it clear to everyone what
     2        was expected from them. It seemed to me that he was sent in
     3        as a sort of trouble shooter to improve the restaurant.
     4        I considered he was the best Store Manager I have ever
     5        worked for."
     6        A.  Yes.
     7
     8   Q.   I think you left Heathrow in about August 1994, did you
     9        not?
    10        A.  Yes.
    11
    12   Q.   Can I ask you what you mean by saying that Dave Roberts was
    13        the best Store Manager you had ever worked for what?
    14        A.  Just he was quite strict, but he was friendly, very
    15        good with people, and he just believed in everything that,
    16        you know, was set when I started work, and he was just, you
    17        know, quite good presence.
    18
    19   Q.   Then one other thing, paragraph 9, about the accidents or
    20        burns:  "Beech is correct in saying that burns do occur.
    21        He is not correct, however, in saying that they were not
    22        recorded in the Accident Book.  It was part of my job in
    23        orientating new employees to ensure that they knew where
    24        the Accident Book was kept, and that if an accident
    25        occurred they should fill it in themselves or report it to
    26        a Manager for him to do.
    27
    28        "I also used to monitor the Accident Book myself and
    29        consequently I know that it was being used.  In fact, the
    30        restaurant had two or three Accident Books in use at that
    31        time.
    32
    33        "As you may or may not know, we have only been able to find
    34        one Accident Book, and I expect you have all noticed that
    35        it has a gap in its entries between 16th March 1994 and
    36        23rd October 1994".  First, have you any idea why that
    37        Accident Book has got that gap?
    38        A.  No, I cannot .....
    39
    40   Q.   Have you any idea what happened to the other Accident Book?
    41        A.  The only thing I can think of is we had two running at
    42        the same time, perhaps just to, you know, an error of
    43        someone setting up two and the other one has been lost.  I
    44        mean, we had a fire in the store, but I do not think it
    45        ties in.
    46
    47   Q.   Do you remember when the fire was?
    48        A.  I cannot recall.  It was while John Nevison was the
    49        Store Manager.  I can recall that.
    50 
    51   Q.   It was while he was Manager? 
    52        A.  Yes, yes. 
    53
    54   MS. STEEL:   Sorry, I am finding it really hard to keep up.
    55
    56   MR. RAMPTON:  Sorry.  (To the witness): So that would have been
    57        between about February 1994 and the end of June when Dave
    58        Roberts took over?
    59        A.  Yes.  I think it was probably about three weeks into or
    60        a month into John Nevison starting.  It was quite soon
 
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