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Memo

1st July 2011

Post Office Security

¢.c. Christopher Knight
Paul Southin
Press Office

REGINA v ALISON LORAINE HALL

The above named Defendant appeared at Leeds Crown Court for a Plea
and Case Management Hearing on the 30°" June 2011. The case was
called on before His Honour Judge Burn. Adrian Chaplin represented the
prosecution. Defence Counsel was Mr Neil Clarke of 2 Park Square.

After negotiations between Counsel Ms Hall the Defendant pleaded
Guilty to Count 2 Fraud (False Accounting}. Prosecuting Counsel
indicated to the Court that the Crown was prepared to leave Count 1 on
the file on the usual terms. The Defendant maintained that she had not
taken any money but she had had the benefit of keeping her job and
putting off the need to repay the shortfall.

A short pre sentence report was ordered and the case was listed at 14.15
hours for sentence

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CHARGE SENTENCE

1 Between the 1s day of January 2010 and the I To lie on the file
3° day of September 2010 stole £14,842.37 in
money belonging to Post Office Limited
(Contrary to Section 1{1) of the Theft Act
1968)

made false representations as to the cash on I hours
hand figure within the Branch Trading
Statements for Hightown Post Office for the
period 24m February 2010 to 2n° September
2010 namely that the cash on hand was
greater than the true figure intending thereby
to make a gain for herself or another or to
expose Post Office Limited to the risk of loss
(Contrary to Section 1 of the Fraud Act 2006)

2 Between the 23 day of February 2010 and I A Community Order was made with
the 3 day of September 2010 dishonestly I an unpaid work requirement of 120

The Defendant was ordered to pay prosecution costs of £1,000 within 12
months.

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A Confiscation Order was made:-
1 Benefit calculated at £14,842.37.
2 Available amount £14,842.37.

3 Confiscation ordered by way of compensation to Royal Mail in
the same amount.

The Confiscation was ordered to be paid within 12 months (6 months
extended upon Defence application to 12 months) and a default term of
imprisonment of 6 months.

Phil Taylor
Legal Executive
Criminal Law Division

Ref: CRM/265934/JMcF/PT

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