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                                                                  DAY 213
 
                                        STEPHEN PLAISTER, Cross-examined:
 
 
 
     1        is the fall back of the screen to check what has been
     2        said.  I have to say from time to time when I have sat on
     3        other short cases during this case, I have found myself
     4        looking at the non-existent screen to check what the
     5        evidence or counsels' submissions have just been and I have
     6        been rather lost without that prop to fall back on.
     7
     8   MR. RAMPTON:  Indeed, it even happens when one's wife is talking
     9        over breakfast!
    10
    11   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Whatever its other pros and cons, it is very
    12        helpful in that respect.
    13
    14        But there we are.  I do not need it before the midday
    15        break.
    16
    17   MS. STEEL:  OK.
    18
    19   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It may mean from time to time that I will
    20        have to check I have things right.
    21
    22   MS. STEEL (To the witness):  You did not really work alongside
    23        Mr. Beech, did you?
    24        A.  No, I did not.
    25
    26   Q.   Right.  Do you ever remember working alongside him?
    27        A.  I think I worked with him once.
    28
    29   Q.   Right.  I have just got one more thing that I wanted to
    30        deal with.  Have you got the bundle of Heathrow documents
    31        there?
    32        A.  Yes.
    33
    34   Q.   If you could turn to the first page of the crew payroll
    35        summary?
    36        A.  Yes.
    37
    38   Q.   Could you go through the names and just point out anyone
    39        who was in a position other than crew i.e. either training
    40        squad, Floor Manager, lobby hostess or ---
    41        A.  What, as I go down?
    42
    43   Q.   Yes.
    44        A.  Noah, the top one.
    45
    46   Q.   What was their position?
    47        A.  Floor Manager.
    48
    49   Q.   Yes.
    50        A.  Siddu, he would have been the training squad; 
    51        Wells  ------ 
    52 
    53   Q.   Right.  That is quite a way down.  What was their position?
    54        A.  Training squad.  Seymour.
    55
    56   Q.   Training squad?
    57        A.  Floor Manager.
    58
    59   Q.   Floor Manager, right.
    60        A.  East.
 
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