MR RICHARD
May I object at that stage?  The statement that Mr McBride was attacked and defamed I believe is an inflammatory statement in its own right.  Ms Burton did not say anything that was not within her rights to say.  She said, as this tribunal allows, what is on her mind.  She has every right to have her point of view and to put it on record and I believe her right in the situation should be respected.  It is her opinion and her feeling which she gave her statement regarding and I do not believe that it's appropriate to put her under attack for making use of what is her right.  As it pleases you.