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                                                                  DAY 213
 
                                            SEMIR KHAZNA, Cross-examined:
 
 
 
     1        that?
     2        A.  I had many a conversation with Kim.  Every time
     3        I  -----
     4
     5   Q.   Do you remember a conversation to that effect?
     6        A.  Not off the top of my head, no.
     7
     8   MS. STEEL:  You were aware that under-18s were working after
     9        12 o'clock; did you not think this was something very
    10        serious?
    11        A.  Yes, I did and I did speak to the Manager.
    12
    13   Q.   This was Mr. Nevison -----
    14
    15   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Just pause a moment, please.  Do you agree
    16        that you were aware that under-18s were working past
    17        12 o'clock, because the last part of paragraph 9
    18        categorically says:  "I was not aware of it at the time"?
    19        Which is right?
    20        A.  I was not aware that there were people working past the
    21        12 o'clock midnight, no.
    22
    23   MS. STEEL:   Why did you just say you were?
    24        A.  I did not.
    25
    26   MR. MORRIS:  Ms. Steel said:  "You were aware that under-18s
    27        were working past 12 o'clock; did you not think this was
    28        something very serious?"  Answer:  "Yes, I did.  I did
    29        speak to the Manager"?
    30        A.  Sorry, can you repeat that again?
    31
    32   MS. STEEL:   Yes.  "You were aware that under-18s were working
    33        after 12 o'clock; did you not think this was something very
    34        serious?"  "Yes, I did and I did speak to the Manager".
    35        A.  In my statement I said I was not aware of it at the
    36        time.
    37
    38   Q.   So when did you become aware of it?
    39        A.  After a period, when we -- I checked the reports.
    40
    41   Q.   Right.  When was that?
    42        A.  The time I was working there, could be -- could have
    43        been May, April, June.
    44
    45   Q.   That was when Mr. Nevison was a Manager, was it?
    46        A.  That is correct.
    47
    48   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Just pause a moment.  Yes?
    49
    50   MS. STEEL:   Was this one of the reasons why you moved 
    51        Mr. Nevison to the Feltham store? 
    52        A.  No. 
    53
    54   Q.   So what happened when you spoke to Mr. Nevison?
    55        A.  Regarding?
    56
    57   Q.   Regarding under-18s working past midnight?
    58        A.  I told him that it was a policy that should not happen.
    59
    60   Q.   What happened after that?
 
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