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                                                                  DAY 214
 
                                           DAVID ROBERTS, Cross-examined:
 
 
 
     1        nothing sinister about Mr. Nevison leaving these double
     2        zeros on?
     3        A.  Yes, it is.  I mean, it could be a mistake.
     4
     5   Q.   Because no harm is coming from it; it can all be cleared up
     6        in due course?
     7        A.  If there was an excessive amount of people left on
     8        there for an excessive amount of time, then it could
     9        be -----
    10
    11   Q.   It is unnecessary clutter on the hard disk and it is
    12        unnecessary clutter on the printouts, because you have lots
    13        of names and figures there which you do not need.  But is
    14        any harm done beyond that?
    15        A.  It could -- the only thing, if it was for a long time,
    16        a lot of people, it might just be because, you know, he was
    17        having pressure over that.  But it is not going to actually
    18        cause any physical harm.
    19
    20   Q.   It is not necessarily sinister on Mr. Nevison's part?
    21        A.  Unless he was trying to misinform.
    22
    23   Q.   Yes.  But not necessary sinister?
    24        A.  No.
    25
    26   Q.   I mean, you say it is not sinister in your case?
    27        A.  No.  It could be an oversight.
    28
    29   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It is not to detract from what you -- if it
    30        is your case, in fact, that it was sinister but it was also
    31        sinister in Mr. Roberts' case, then I suggest you put it to
    32        him.
    33
    34   MS. STEEL:  No, not particularly.  It is just that all the
    35        witnesses seem to be coming here to criticise Mr. Nevison
    36        and dump everything on him.
    37
    38        (To the witness)  Why did you say that you would not do it,
    39        this morning?
    40        A.  I have no need to.  I mean, I do not need to lie about
    41        how many people I have got working for me, because I do not
    42        have a problem with how many people work for me.
    43
    44   Q.   So are you suggesting that Mr. Nevison is lying?
    45        A.  I cannot speak for Mr. Nevison.  I do not know what he
    46        was doing and what he was not doing.  I was not there.
    47
    48   Q.   The point is, you have done it; so why say that you would
    49        not do it?
    50        A.  No.  That was an oversight. 
    51 
    52   Q.   There were other people who remained on your -- doing zero 
    53        hours, that have not been taken off immediately.  So they
    54        are all oversights, are they; is that right?
    55        A.  I would have to look at each one.
    56
    57   Q.   If, for example, you look at page 82 -- I have not actually
    58        gone through and checked the whole of this -- there is a
    59        Mr. Telford; his employee number is -----
    60        A.  He was on study leave.
 
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