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                                                                  DAY 212
 
                                             KIM MOFFATT, Cross-examined:
 
 
 
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     2   Q.   But you said it continued happening.  Did he have no
     3        control over his store, then, the Manager, Mark Riley?
     4        A.  Yes, he did.
     5
     6   Q.   How come, then, that he was taking it very seriously and
     7        yet it continued for all that time?
     8        A.  Because he had other Managers around him; so he would
     9        take it seriously, pass it on to the Managers; and I cannot
    10        comment on the other Managers.  But he did take it
    11        seriously, himself.
    12
    13   Q.   So the problem, really, was with the management team at
    14        that store; they did not take any notice of what the Store
    15        Manager was telling them?
    16        A.  I am sure they took notice, yes, but they were under
    17        pressure.
    18
    19   Q.   But the thing that the Store Manager did not want to happen
    20        was still happening because of the other Managers?
    21        A.  No.  He had relay that, obviously, you know, people are
    22        not meant to work past midnight; he would make sure the
    23        schedule was highlighted to the fact.  Obviously, I do not
    24        close, so I do not know what went on.  But, yes, it did
    25        happen while Mark Riley was there.
    26
    27   Q.   The management team, was that the same roughly under
    28        John Nevison?
    29        A.  No, there were a few changes, but I cannot remember
    30        exactly because it was quite a long time ago.
    31
    32   Q.   You were only there for four months.  So did the whole
    33        management team suddenly change when he came in, or was it
    34        roughly the same people that carried on working, with maybe
    35        one or two changes?
    36        A.  Maybe, yes; maybe one or two changes.
    37
    38   Q.   You then say the reason why this working after midnight,
    39        under 18-year-olds, problem happened, in your paragraph 4,
    40        you say it was because the store was understaffed, yes?
    41        You say that in your next sentence, do you not?
    42        A.  Yes.
    43
    44   Q.   Mark Riley had failed to deal with the problem of
    45        understaffing; is that correct?
    46        A.  No.
    47
    48   Q.   When he handed the store over to John Nevison -- you said
    49        the reason those things were happening was that the store
    50        was understaffed? 
    51        A.  Yes, but I did not say that Mark Riley was not doing 
    52        anything about it. 
    53
    54   Q.   Well, you say when Mark Riley left, he was replaced by
    55        John Nevison?
    56        A.  Yes.
    57
    58   Q.   And they were only about 50 to 60 hourly paid staff on the
    59        payroll?
    60        A.  Yes.  Quite a few left when Mark left.
 
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