'... [W]hat ... generally happens with the prawns after they're caught ...? - [Y]ou cook then, sort them; ... you cook them up and pack them and put them in a snap ... freezer. ... [T]hat's my job as a deckhand.
And did you get that right, stacking ... the freezer? - No, I did not because (the appellant) ... wasn't happy with me. He woke up and ... called me names like "stupid cockhead" and all that because I didn't have them stacked properly.
Did he do anything? - Yes, he hit me ... [a]round the face ... then (he) went and ... grabbed me (at) the throat and put me on the ground and spat in my face.
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And while you were down on the ground, did he hit you ...? - I'm not real sure.
Did his hitting you either when you were up or down ... cause any injury ...? - Yes, like face, like bleeding round the face, nose.
... Now, as well as hitting you with his hands, did he ever hit you with anything else? - Yes. ... A gaff.
... Anything else? - Rubber hose.
Anything else? - Star fish.
You say you were hit with a starfish...? - Yes.
When did that happen? - At some time during the trip.
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Did that cause any injury ...? - Just pain in my ... (lower) back.
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And you say that he put a crab on your ear at one stage? - Yes.
Do you know what kind of a crab it was? - A little sand crab.
... And how did that happen? - He just grabbed it out of the sorting tray and stuck it on my right ear.
... And what happened ...? - It bit into my ear ... with the little claws ...
... [D]id that cause any injury...? - Yes, (it) bled my ear.
And you say there was a gaff at some stage used? - Yes, he used the gaff.
How did that come about? - He's grabbed it and smashed it, and grabbed the horn of it and put it towards my throat ...
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Are you saying at the bottom of your neck ... [w]here your neck ... meets your chest? - ... Yes.
... [D]id that gaff cause any injury to your neck ...? - No, just like, cut it and it bled.
Do you know what had happened just before him smashing that gaff? - He got angry with me because I wasn't doing my job properly.'