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Post Office Ltd
CONFIDENTIAL
Witness Statement
Criminal Justice Act 1967, Section 9, Magistrates Court Act 1980, sub section, 5A(3)a) and 5B; Criminal Procedure Rules 2005, Rule 27.1
Statement of: Sharron Lisa JENNINGS
Age if under 18: Over 18 (if over 18 insert ‘over 18’) Occupation: Fraud Investigator
This statement (consisting of four 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 have wilfully stated in it
anything which I know to be false or do not believe true,
Dated the 15" day of I October 2012
Signature
Further to my statement dated 25" September 2012 the following should also be noted:
After a number of meetings between Post Office Management and Members of Parliament in relation
to the Court cases, it was agreed that the Post Office would undertake an external review of the cases
which had been raised by the Member's constituents, As the Post Office continues to have absolute
confidence in the robustness and integrity of its Horizon system and its branch accounting processes,
it had no hesitation in agreeing to an external review of these few individual cases.
In order to provide assurance to the interested parties, it was proposed that the review be undertaken
by independent Auditors, 2" Sight. The review will be specifically restricted to the cases raised by the
MPs as well as reviewing the accounting procedures, processes and reconciliations undertaken in
relation to the cases in question. Before formal instructions are given to the Independent Auditors,
agreements will be sought from all interested parties, namely the Members of Parliament and Justice
For Sub Postmasters. The Sub Postmasters have requested a Forensic Accountant of their choice be
appointed to oversee the Cases being reviewed by 2nd Sight.
All the above is accepted based on the terms of the Review being carried out, but this is in no way an
acknowledgment by the Post Office that there is an issue with Horizon. Over the past ten years,
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CONFIDENTIAL
Witness Statement
Criminal Justice Act 1967, Section 9, Magistrates Court Act 1980, sub section. SA(3)(a) and SB; Criminal Procedure Rules 2005, Rule 27.1
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Continuation Statement of Sharron Lisa JENNINGS
many millions of branch reconciliations have been carried out with transactions and balances
accurately recorded by more than 25,000 different sub postmasters and the Horizon system
continues to work properly in post offices across the length and breadth of the UK. When the system
has been challenged in criminal courts, it has been successfully defended.
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