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A. Obviously I explained to him that I needed to check his
documents.
Q And what else did he say?
A “Well, I’ll give you my insurance but I’m just going to
be there to do some work.”
Q And what were he pointing to, please?
A Towards the South Beach nightclub or bar on Brixton
Hill.
Q And what did you then explain to him?
A I explained that he’d have to sort of wait with me
whilst I obviously checked the documents that he was
producing.
Q I think he gave you his name and date of birth, 26th
January 81?
Is that right?
A Yes, that’s correct.
Q Was there anybody else in the vehicle?
A Yes, there was a passenger in the vehicle, in the front
cab of the van, and that gentleman was a male, Dean
Reid, with a date of birth of 11th February 1992.
Q And he showed you an insurance certificate?
Is that right?
A Yes, that’s correct.
Q And what were the cover shown on the insurance
certificate, please?
A So it showed that Mr Cordell could drive any vehicle
he owned or had possession of for social, domestic,
pleasure and motor trade purposes.
Q And given that, did you make any enquiries as far as
the cover that was on his policy, please?
A Yes, that’s correct. I did so. And obviously given what
he’d said to me at the time, I contacted a Jessica
Kempton in the Underwriting Department at KGM
Motor Insurance by telephone.
THE Is there a hearsay notice, please?
RECORDER:
MR No. Well, I — I was — I was not going to -- as far as
POTTINGER: you were - I don’t want you to give the answers
concerned, but did you — what did you tell
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A The insurers as far as you were concerned was the use that
the vehicle was being used for?
A I suspected the vehicle was being used for business
purposes rather than any of A the social, domestic,
pleasure or motor trade purposes and for that reason
obviously I contacted them to see if it was covered,