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                                                                  DAY 214
 
                                           DAVID ROBERTS, Cross-examined:
 
 
 
     1        A.  Not as I remember, no.
     2
     3   Q.   So he is wrong about that?
     4        A.  In respect of me, because he had another way of doing
     5        it.
     6
     7   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Which was?  I think you have said, but -----
     8        A.  He used to come into the restaurant and count the crew
     9        on the actual physical schedule, how many people had hours
    10        and were working.
    11
    12   MS. STEEL:  But the people on the schedule would not tell him
    13        how many people were on the payroll, would it?
    14
    15   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Would it not?  Did you not have them all
    16        down, and some would be scheduled to work and, presumably,
    17        others were not?
    18        A.  No.
    19
    20   Q.   Were they all down one side of the schedule or did the
    21        schedule for the fortnight only have the ones who were
    22        going to work in that fortnight?
    23        A.  It would have everybody who was working.  It may even,
    24        for example, have four people written on there, their
    25        names, but if they were on holiday or study leave, it would
    26        have that written on there.  But every single working
    27        person would be on there, regardless of whether they were
    28        working that week.
    29
    30   Q.   That should be everyone on the payroll, then?
    31        A.  That is correct, yes.
    32
    33   MS. STEEL:  The figure that he gave in his statement -- I do not
    34        know whether you want to refer to it; do you want me to
    35        refer you to it?
    36
    37   MR. MORRIS:  Can you clarify that there are 170 names on the
    38        schedule?
    39        A.  Yes.
    40
    41   MS. STEEL:   If you get his statement -- it should be in the
    42        same bundle as your statement.  I am afraid I do not know
    43        what tab.
    44
    45   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It is J.
    46        A.  Yes, I have got it.
    47
    48   MS. STEEL:  Actually, if you turn to page 4 of that, in the
    49        bottom part of paragraph 8, which actually starts on the
    50        previous page, the relevant part is that he says: "In 
    51        December 1994 there were six Managers, 12 Floor Managers at 
    52        the restaurant and the number of crew on the payroll had 
    53        increased to around 160."  Yesterday, I think he said that
    54        you told him that, yes; that is right, is it not?
    55        A.  That is the number that is taken off the payroll
    56        report.
    57
    58   Q.   And you gave him that information?
    59        A.  Yes.
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