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                                                                  DAY 213
 
                                              STEPHEN PLAISTER, Examined:
 
 
 
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     2   Q.   Can you look at the last page which is 5?
     3        A.  Yes, I have go it.
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     5   Q.   Is that your signature at the bottom?
     6        A.  Yes, it is.
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     8   Q.   Have you read this typewritten statement recently?
     9        A.  Yes, I have.
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    11   Q.   Are its contents true or not?
    12        A.  Yes, it is true.
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    14   Q.   Just a very few questions, Mr. Plaister:  My understanding
    15        is you were born on 16th April 1974?
    16        A.  That is correct.
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    18   Q.   So that you are now 21 and will be 22 this year?
    19        A.  Yes, I will.
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    21   Q.   You joined, you tell us, McDonald's as a full-time crew
    22        member in June 1991 which, I work out, means you were aged
    23        17 at the time?
    24        A.  Yes, I was.
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    26   Q.   As a full-time crew person, was that on leaving school?
    27        A.  Yes, on leaving school.
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    29   Q.   Was that your first job?
    30        A.  Yes, it was.
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    32   Q.   Then you were a trainee Floor Manager for nearly four years
    33        until recently; is that right?
    34        A.  Yes, it was but it was on and off trainee because
    35        I kept pulling out of the course.
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    37   Q.   I see.  So you did actually act as a full-time Floor
    38        Manager during those four years, did you?
    39        A.  As a trainee, yes.
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    41   Q.   What is your present position?  Has it changed?
    42        A.  Yes, I am a Floor Manager now.
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    44   Q.   Have you done an exam for that?
    45        A.  Yes, last week.
    46
    47   Q.   You passed, did you?
    48        A.  Yes, I did.
    49
    50   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I have got a trainee Manager? 
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    52   MR. RAMPTON:  It should be trainee Floor Manager, my Lord. 
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    54   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Thank you.
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    56   MR. RAMPTON (To the witness):  Only one other question,
    57        Mr. Plaister, before the Defendants ask you questions:  In
    58        paragraph 2 you say for the first two months -- that is
    59        back in 1991 -- you worked all shifts, yes?
    60        A.  Yes, that is right.
 
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