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MR Certainly, your Honour. What the — what the
POTTINGER: document was that he — he relied on.
THE Thank you. Mr Kennedy, forgive me for interrupting.
RECORDER: We’ll deal with it later on.
MR So, he was arrested, wasn’t he?
KENNEDY:
THE Yes.
RECORDER:
MR The van was seized? Is that right? A Yes, the van was
POTTINGER: seized.
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Q You hadn’t searched the van
A I was basing — I was basing
Q but you were telling them there was a load of tools in
there?
A The conversation I will have had with the insurance
company - obviously we’ve got the recording
Q Mm.
A. will have been based on my interaction at the scene and
from my notes and my recollection it was based on that
front of the cab, that front area where obviously the
driver and passenger were.
Q But what tools were in the front of the van then?
A So - so what I -1 would suggest is that the loose items I
refer to in my notes -perhaps some of those items were
tools but I — I don’t recall.
Q Have you got your handwritten notes or the typed-up
statement?
A I’ve got my;
Q It doesn’t really matter.
A I’ve got my typed statement. I don’t know if.
MR Is it the same as the notebook?
KENNEDY:
THE I’d like to see a copy. Have you got your actual
RECORDER: notebook, officer? Have you got your actual notebook?
A Not from the time, no.
MR The statement was
KENNEDY:
THE Mr Kennedy, do you have a copy of the actual
RECORDER: notebook?
MR No, I don’t. Was-- there actually a notebook or is it
KENNEDY: A I believe it will have been original notes on the fixed
penalty notice if — if that’s what’s being referred to.
MR Right.
KENNEDY:
THE I’m slightly confused because at the outset of this
RECORDER: officer’s evidence it was put to him that he’d made