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know nothing. I was trying to get a job here. You don’t
understand, man.” That in a nutshell is his position.
THE Thank you.
RECORDER:
MR That he was going to see somebody
KENNEDY:
THE Right.
RECORDER:
MR about obtaining future work. My
KENNEDY: —
THE I’ve got it. Mr Pottinger, is that accepted? So that in
RECORDER: other words what -- we’re asking the Crown is do you
accept that if in fact he was only going to look for
work, as he asserts, that he was covered?
MR (After a long pause) I just (Inaudible). Not necessarily.
POTTINGER: I’m just thinking whether -- that — because obviously
it’s social, domestic, pleasure and motor trade
purposes. If -- a man is driving round in rounds touting
for work with a van and cards for work
THE Well, this is what concerned me.
RECORDER:
MR And there are cards in the van. I am concerned. I’m not
POTTINGER: sure that necessarily is
THE I have my cards in the car. It doesn’t mean I’m driving
RECORDER: round touting for work.
MR Can I -- can I expand then. Not touting around looking
KENNEDY: for tradesman work or — or the like but was going to
see somebody at a building that was going to be turned
into a club, looking for a management role in the club.
THE Yes.
RECORDER:
MR That’s what we would say clearly. So, it’s not — it’s
KENNEDY: not driving around looking for handiwork. The
Crown’s evidence seems — they’re — they’re
obviously not constrained by what’s simply in the one
witness statement but it does seem geared very much
towards saying that he is a tradesman going about his
daily work.
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THE Does the Crown know what its case is?
RECORDER:
MR Well
POTTINGER:
THE I — I — I — I’m really concerned about this because
RECORDER: I’m concerned just taking it off one piece of paper, the
certificate.
MR Yes.
POTTINGER: