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                                            SEMIR KHAZNA, Cross-examined:
 
 
 
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     2   Q.   But during the whole of that time when he remained on the
     3        payroll he did not -- he was not registered as working any
     4        hours at all?
     5        A.  He was on the Feltham payroll.
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     7   Q.   Right.  Then, in fact, I think he disappears completely
     8        from the payroll by August.  You do not know why that would
     9        be?
    10        A.  Could have left.
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    12   MR. MORRIS:  I think I have three further questions.
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    14        You say in your paragraph 8 on page 4 of your statement:
    15        "It appeared that John Nevison had not been terminating
    16        employees from the payroll when they left in order to hide
    17        the true extent of the understaffing," and that is
    18        something that any store could do?
    19        A.  Sorry, which paragraph is it?
    20
    21   Q.   Sorry, it is at the top of page 4.  It is the second full
    22        sentence.  That is a technique for hiding understaffing?
    23        A.  This was the case here, yes.
    24
    25   Q.   Yes.  It is not immediately obvious unless you do detailed
    26        inquiries that this was going on?
    27        A.  Not unless you check the payroll summary and if there
    28        is too many zeros appearing week after week, then you would
    29        know that they are not being taken off.
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    31   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Might that be the explanation of what
    32        happened here?
    33        A.  Sorry?
    34
    35   Q.   Might that be the explanation of what happened here, all
    36        those noughts still on the Heathrow payroll?  I mean, can
    37        you remember now?
    38        A.  Some of those names are on Feltham's payroll, but, yes,
    39        this could be the -- why these zeros are appearing because
    40        he was not terminating the people.
    41
    42   Q.   Just pause a moment.  Yes?
    43
    44   MR. MORRIS:  When you check the scheduling you say that there is
    45        an excess hours sheet as well; is that correct?  Do you
    46        have the ability to print out an excess hours sheet?
    47        A.  Well -----
    48
    49   Q.   In any store?
    50        A.  I get my own reports on the stores I have got telling 
    51        me the excess hours, yes. 
    52 
    53   Q.   Right.  That is not the same as people not working to their
    54        schedule?
    55        A.  It would just -- the report that I get, it just tells
    56        me if X amount of people are working over X amount of
    57        hours.  I would get that report, yes.
    58
    59   Q.   Right.  Presumably, the more people that are working excess
    60        hours in general, the more that is an indication that the
 
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