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Witness Statement ( —— “7
(CJ Act 1967, s9; MC Act 1980,ss_ I I
5A(3)(a)
POH" 3891D
and 5B, MC Rules 1981, r 70)
Statement of GARETH IDRIS JENKINS
Age ifunder18 Over 18 (If over 18 insert ‘over 18')
This statement (consisting of 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 have wilfully stated in it anything which I know to be false or do
not believe true.
Dated the 6” dayof April 2006
Signature
I have been employed by Fujitsu Services, working on the Post Office Account, formally
ICL Pathway Ltd, since 1996 as a Customer Solutions architect, involved in many
aspects of design and implementation of the computer system known as Horizon. This
is a computerised accounting system used by Post Office Ltd.
Fujitsu have a fault management system called the PEAK system, which is used for
passing faults around the team and tracking faults raised regarding the Post Office
Account.
I extracted data from this system concerning Gaerwen Post Office. The data extracted
was for all transactions for three specific time periods requested. From this data, I then
extracted all the banking transactions which showed a zero value. I then produced three
spreadsheets analysing the reasons for the zero values. These were 14” September to
13" October 2005, known as Audit Request Query (ARQ) 401, which I now produce as
item GJ/1, 18"" November to 26" November 2004, known as ARQ 459 which I now
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produce as item GJ/2 and 19" May to 27" May 2005, known as ARQ460 which I now
produce as item GJ/3.
The table below provides a summary of the data that has been analysed and the
number of zero transactions in relation to the total number of banking transactions
undertaken at the branch.
ARQ Start Date End Date Number of Number of Zero
Banking Value Banking
Transactions Transactions
401 14/09/2005 13/10/2005 1166 119
459 18/11/2004 26/11/2004 231 70
460 19/05/2005 27/05/2005 407 47
Totals 1804 236
Each Spreadsheet has the following Columns:
Heading Meaning
<Id: Counter Position that the Transaction took place on
<User: User logged in at that Counter
<Date: Transaction Date in GMT
<Time: Transaction Time in GMT
<SaleValue: Amount of the transaction (always zero)
<TranType: Transaction Type (see table below for meanings)
<RespCd: Result of the Transaction (see table below for meanings)
The “<TranType:” column indicates the Type of Transaction. The following Types are
used in the 3 spreadsheets with the meanings shown: -
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<TranType: Meaning
01 Balance Enquiry — Mag Stripe
03 Cash Withdrawal — Mag Stripe
04 Cash Withdrawal with Balance — Mag Stripe
06 Change PIN - Mag Stripe
61 Balance Enquiry — Chip and PIN
62 Cash Deposit — Chip and PIN
63 Cash Withdrawal — Chip and PIN
64 Cash Withdrawal with Balance — Chip and PIN
65 Cash Withdraw Limit — Chip and PIN
In all cases where the Response was “Authorised OK” (152 transactions), the
Transaction was either a Balance Enquiry or Change of PIN (Transaction Types 01, 06
or 61), where no Cash is expected to have changed hands.
Response Codes 03, 04, 06 and 08, indicate that the Financial Institution has decline
the Transaction, and so no Cash should change hands.
Response Codes 23 and 26 indicate an unusual Response from the Financial
Institution and again no Cash should change hands.
Finally, Response Code 32 indicates that Horizon’s Central system has received no
response from the Financial Institution within a timeout period, and so no Cash should
change hands,
All these are perfectly normal occurrences and should result in clear instructions being
passed to the Counter Clerk to ensure that no Cash should change hands.
There is no reason to believe that the information in this statement is inaccurate
because of the improper use of the computer. To the best of my knowledge and belief
at all material times the computer was operating properly, or if not, any respect in which
it was not operating properly, or was out of operation was not such as to effect the
information held on it. I hold a responsible position in relation to the working of the
computer.
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