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A Thank you.

MR POTTINGER: It was -- (To Mr Kennedy) I can lead on the date and time? Is that right?

MR KENNEDY: Yes.
MR POTTINGER: Yes. It was 14 November. That’s a Thursday? Is that right? A Yes, that’s
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correct.

Q 1300 hours? Is that right? And you were in Brixton Hill? Is that right? A Yes, Brixton Hill.

Q And what was the nature of your duty, please? A It was a traffic operation.

Q And what -- what — were you monitoring the traffic flow and stopping various vehicles for
checks? A Yes.
Q Is that right?

A Yes, there were officers up and down Brixton Hill and I believe there were also a couple of
officers who were sort of spotting vehicles further up the road.
Q Right. And were you given a registration number to - to stop?
A Yes. Over the radio I received a message relating to a vehicle and that vehicle — actually I
expected my colleagues to pull it over further up the road and for whatever reasons they didn’t.

Q But you stopped it further down? Is that right?
A Yes. Well, Mr Cordell was pulling over anyway.

Q And so you walked up to the vehicle and -- and who was the driver, please? A Mr Cordell.
Q And was there anybody — what conversation did you have with him, please? A So I walked
over and explained to him that I was obviously stopping him - granted he’d already stopped -
and that I was wanting to check his driving documents, specifically obviously driving licence
and insurance.

Q And what did he say to that?
A He said that he’s -- “I’m busy. I’m just off to do some work” and as part of that he sort of
gestured towards what — a building that used to be the South Beach nightclub or bar on Brixton
Hill.

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