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: "Thomas Penny" <Périny, Thomas@ GR
RE: REGINA v SEEMA MISRA. GUILOEOR
TRIAL - 15TH MARCH 2010
01/03/2010 10:35
Jarnail,
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
claiming in terms of where exactly Horizon might have "lost" this money
rather than her or her staff stealing it. Therefore unless we can get a
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. (I do
appreciate that it is up to the Prosecution to prove Horizon is reliable
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.)
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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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
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(See attached file: 258932AI.doc) (See attached file: 258932 IND.doc) (See
attached file: Defence Statement Scanned.pdf) (See attached file: Interview
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