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Witness Statement
(Act 1967, s9; MC Act 1980, ss 5A(3Xa)
and 5B, MC Rules 1987, r 70)
Statement of Jon Longman
Age if under 18 Over 18 (If over 18 insert ‘over 18’)
This statement (consisting of 3 (three) pages each signed by me) is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief and I make it knowing that, if it is tendered in evidence, I shall be liable to
prosecution if I
true.
Dated 29
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Further to my statement of 6" January 2009, I would now like to add the following.
On the 20" May 2009, I made enquiries with Surrey Police Headquarters to see whether there
was any record of Mr or Mrs Misra reporting any incidents to the local police whilst running
West Byfleet Post Office ®. Only one crime related reference number was found and this was
D/067865. I applied to Surrey Police for the full details of this incident and produce this report
as exhibit JL/01. The report was instigated by Javed Bidiwala, an ex-employee of Mr and Mrs
Misra’s. His report alleged that Mr Misra accused him of stealing £2,000 and that Mr Misra
spread these rumours around the community.
On the 9" April 2009, a letter was received from Castle Partnership Solicitors supplying the
names of three previous employees of West Byfleet Post Office @. I was asked to make the
necessary enquiries in trying to trace these individuals. The following information was
ascertained.
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is returned endorsed “addressee has gone away’. I then
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Witness Statement
(CJ Act 1967, s9; MC Act 1980, ss 5A(3)(a) and 5B, MC Rules 1981, r 70)
Continuation of statement of Jon LONGMAN
requested a colleague of mine, Dave Posnett to make a personal visit to the address. He
informed me that he visited the address on the 10" May 2009 at 17.05 hours and made a
notebook entry of his findings which are as follows;
“At 17.05 hours I attended: I spoke with af
regarding the occupants of the addres: informed me that his mother was the
tenant of the property and had been renting it from Woking Council for the past four or five
years. He was also unable to state who the previous tenant was and that his mother would also
not know’
Following this information, I then made subsequent enquiries with Kathy Hook of Woking
Council and a check of their records could find no trace of this individual as a council tenant or
council tax payer.
Similar enquiries were made to try and trace the whereabouts of Mr and Mrs Bidawalla oft
Dave Posnett informed me that he visited the address on
12™ May 2009 at 09.45 hours and made the following notebook entry of his findings which are
as follows;
“09.45 hours I attended I here was still no answer. I spoke
with a gentleman from numbe! ind he directed me to a landing where the
kitchen at number 13 could be seen. The kitchen looked empty. I also looked through the
letter box on the front door and could see no furniture. The gentleman from number 12 gave
(contact details omitted from statement). I spoke to
ome 2
or 3 years aan... She stated that the occupants worked at West Byfleet Post Office ® and when
they moveé hey said they were going back to India. She had no
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Continuation of statement of Jon LONGMAN
forwarding address’.
Enquiries that I made with Woking Council confirmed that Mr & Mrs Bidawalla were responsible...
for the council tax at;
their records stated that the couple returned to India leaving no forwarding address. i G RO
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