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Jantail A Singh To: Post Office Security
‘Sent by: Marilyn ec: John Longman/e/POSTOFFICE, Warwick Tatford
Benjamin r RO
Subject: REGINA V SEEMA MISRA
01/03/2010 14:30 GUILDFORD CROWN COURT
TRIAL - 15TH MARCH 2010
I now enclose a copy of the 4th and 5th Defence Expert Reports. I also enclose Gareth Jenkins latest
E-Mail dated 1st March 2010 for your information. The content does not appear to be very helpful.
Ath interim technical expert's report to the Court 2010-02-12 v0 1.doc
5th interim technical expert's report to the Court 2010-02-25 v0 1 (2).doc
Jarnail A Singh
Senior Lawyer
Criminal Law Team
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“Jenkins Gareth GI" To:<jarail.a.singht”
"Thomas Penny"
Subject:RE: REGINA v SEEMA
SRA GUILDFORD CROWN COURT TRIAL- 15TH MARC
01/03/2010 10:35
darnail,
Thanks for the information, which I've now read through.
I think I can summarise the situation as follows:
1. Ms Misera says initially identified that the sub post office was
short of cash by about £80 - £90K
2. She tried to cover this up while she repaid the loses which she
thought was due to staff theft
3. By the time of the audit in Jan 2008 she was £73K short suggesting
she had made good about £10K of the losses
4. When she went to court, she saw an article in Computer Weekly
indicating that Horizon was unreliable and decided to jump on the
bandwagon.
5. Note that there is no evidence to support any of the cases
referenced in the Computer Weekly articles and there is case law showing
the reliability of Horizon. (The case of Marine Drive which I think was
referred to in the Computer Weekly article.)
However I don't see how anything here changes the fact that she falsified
the accounts or that money was missing.
What I still don't understand is exactly what it is that the defence is
"lost" this money
rather than her or her staff stealing it. Therefore unless we can get a
claiming in terms of where exactly Horizon might have
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clear statement as to exactly what is being looked for and when the system
allegedly made mistakes, I don't think there is anything I can do.
appreciate that it is up to the Prosecution to prove Horizon is reli.
rather than the defence to prove it isn't, but it is always difficult to
prove that there are no errors - particularly over such a long period of
time.)
(I do
Surely it is down to the Post Office investigators to get to the bottom of
exactly where there is anything in dispute. At that point I might be able
to assist with some technical knowledge to help interpret the various logs
to support such areas of dispute.
I'll leave Penny to continue the discussions she is currently having with
the Post Office investigators until there is something concrete for me to
investigate.
Regards
Gareth
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Sent: 26 February 2010 16:38
To: Jenkins Gareth GI
Cc: Thomas Penny
Subject: REGINA v SEEMA MISRA GUILDFORD CROWN COURT TRIAL - 15TH MARCH 2010
Thank you for your E-Mail of today. As per discussions I now enclose:-
1 Copy Case Summary.
2 Copy Indictment.
3 Copy Defence Statement
4 Copy of the interview
5 Copy Defence Expert's name is Charles Alistair McLachlan, Staple
Hall, 87-90 Houndsditch, London, EC3A 7AD. Telephone number and mobile to
follow.
It is important that we are pro active on this and that you contact him as
soon as possible with a view to concluding this.
I appreciate all the help and assistance in this case.
I hope the above assists but if you require anything further or wish to
discuss in more detail please telephone me.
(See attached file: 258932AI.doc) (See attached file: 258932 IND.doc) (See
attached file: Defence Statement Scanned.pdf) (See attached file: Interview
- Scanned document .pdf)
Jarnail A Singh
Senior Lawyer
Criminal Law Team
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