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MR Yes. It was 14th November. That’s a Thursday? Is that
POTTINGER: right?
A Yes, that’s correct.
Q 1300 hours? Is that right? And you were in Brixton
Hill? Is that right?
A Yes, Brixton Hill.
Q And what were the nature of your duty, please?
A It was a traffic operation.
Q And 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 -- 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 sorts of gestured towards
what — a building that used to be the South Beach
nightclub or bar on Brixton Hill.
12
228,
Q Just before you go any further, the vehicle itself --
what kind of vehicle was it?
A It was a white Ford transit van and the vehicle
registration mark was Charlie X- ray 52 Juliet Romeo
Zulu.
Q So he said “I’m busy. I’m just off to do some work.”
What did you then say to him?