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                                                                  DAY 213
 
                                            SEMIR KHAZNA, Cross-examined:
 
 
 
     1        was actually coming in?
     2        A.  That is correct.
     3
     4   MR. JUSTICE BELL:   Just pause a minute. (Pause)
     5
     6   MR. MORRIS:  Can you go to the Heathrow documents -- the smaller
     7        file, I think.  How long had the Heathrow store been
     8        opened?
     9        A.  To my knowledge, I think it opened in 1991.
    10
    11   Q.   Had many of the people that had been working there been
    12        there quite a while?  When you turned up, some of the
    13        people had been there for two or three years, had they?
    14        A.  Some had, yes.
    15
    16   Q.   Do you know what turnover per cent was?
    17        A.  Not off the top of my head, no.
    18
    19   Q.   You did not see that was a significant thing to look into
    20        when you were monitoring the store?
    21        A.  Yes, I have looked into it, but I cannot remember the
    22        precise percentage to give you -----
    23
    24   Q.   OK.  Was it 150 per cent?
    25        A.  It was above 100 per cent, yes.
    26
    27   Q.   Above 100 per cent?
    28        A.  Yes.
    29
    30   Q.   Was it above 150 per cent?
    31        A.  I would say it was around there somewhere.
    32
    33   Q.   Around 150 per cent?
    34        A.  Yes.
    35
    36   Q.   Do you know, approximately, what the national average was
    37        around that time?
    38        A.  The national?
    39
    40   Q.   Yes -- average, or the average for your stores was around
    41        that time?  That would be better.
    42        A.  It varies.  Some stores got very low turnover,
    43        depending on where they are situated.  I would say the
    44        national average is about 130.
    45
    46   Q.   The turnover at the Heathrow store, you say, was not
    47        particularly unusual?
    48        A.  It was high.
    49
    50   Q.   It was higher than the --- 
    51        A. -- national average. 
    52 
    53   Q.   But not substantially higher than the national average?
    54        A.  Well, I would class, you know, anything above
    55        150 per cent as a very high turnover.
    56
    57   Q.   If you go to page 52 as an example, have you seen a
    58        document like this before?
    59        A.  Yes.
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