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Transcripts of Interviews with
child witnesses
Kari
Lacebark aged 6,
6th interview recorded 29 Oct 1992
(Names as used
in the book "A City Possessed"
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Q Okay now, [K], I’ve just got
a couple of questions I need to ask you…
A One more question, just one.
Q Oh, I better say the time
now, It’s 20 past 1 now. Yesterday …
A Mm.
Q Um, you told me some things.
A Mm.
Q Can you come and sit over
here for me? I haven’t got very many more questions because I know that
you’re not keen.
A How many?
Q Just a couple.
A How many?
Q A couple means two or three.
A How about just two?
Q Come and sit here.
A Please just two?
Q Yes. Yesterday you, um, told
me that someone else touched your vagina with a knife.
A Yes.
Q Do you remember who, who that
was, who did, who did you tell me about yesterday?
A I can’t remember.
Q Right, you said it was a man.
A Yep, Peter touched me with a
knife too.
Q Who was that? Which man
touched you?
A [Male name].
Q [Male name]. What does [male
name], what, is he a, what was he doing at the crèche?
A I don’t know? Why do you want
to ask me cos I don’t know.
Q Right. Was, was he a crèche
teacher or was he a kid or was he a, just a visitor or what, do you know?
A [Indicates no.]
Q So you don’t know what he was
doing there.
A Don’t know.
Q Do you remember what colour
his hair was?
A Ahh, ahh.
Q [Male name]’s hair.
A Ahh, ahh. So you’ve asked me
two questions.
Q So [male name] touched, did
that really happen with the knife?
A Yep.
Q And what about Gaye.
A Yep. Have you got any water
to wash my hands in?
Q No.
A I think you have.
Q Um, afterwards I have.
A I make squashy play dough on
my hands.
Q Mm.
A How long?
Q How many times did you, did
you get touched with a knife down there?
A Two. [Female name], I want to
go home now. You’ve asked me two.
Q Okay.
A … two.
Q All right.
A I may be come back. I tell
you about that much.
Q Have you told me everything
that you can remember?
A Yep.
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