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1 withdrawal of 2,000 pounds, you can see it there even though the underlying
2 documentation is not available in relation to it and there is equally a
3 lodgment to the joint account.
4 A Yes.
5 Q 240The source of funds, Mr. Wright, that went into the ICS account, in general,
6 were they political contributions?
7 A In general, yes.
8 Q 241And if we could have 913 on screen please. The substantial lodgment that's
9 made to that account, that's funding the transactions we have been looking at,
10 is the lodgment of 20,550 on the 18th November 1992.
11 A Yes.
12 Q 242Thereafter then there is the lodgment which is the subject matter of dispute
13 between yourself and Mr. Dunlop, 7th October 1993.
14 A Yes.
15 Q 243All of the transfers that are seen occurs between the 26th March 1993 and the
16 20th August 1993.
17 A Yes.
18 Q 244That we've looked at that now.
19 A Yes.
20 Q 245The total amount of the transfers that you made across come to 9,500 pounds
21 from the ICS account to your joint account in that time?
22 A Yes.
23 Q 246Is it the position then that your political account or the account into which
24 these political donations were placed were funding your lifestyle or funding
25 your domestic account?
26 A No, Miss Dillon, most definitely not. Insofar as I have stated, at that time,
27 the only two accounts I had at the time, both the personal and the joint, I
28 used whatever account at the time for the day to day running of my political
29 expenditure, my office expenditure and that's the way it was at that time.
30 There was no cheque book related to the political account and basically, as I