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Post Office Ltd
CONFIDENTIAL
Witness Statement
Criminal Justice Act 1967, Section 9; Magistrates Court Act 1980, sub section. Sh(
Procedure Rules 2005, Rule 27.1
(8) and $B; Criminal
Statement Gareth Idris JENKINS
of:
Age if under Over 18 (if over 18 insert Occupation: Business
18: ‘over 18’) Architect
This statement (consisting of two 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 6th day of March 2013
Signatur
This statement is made in addition to my original statement made on 15*”
January 2013.
I have been asked to carry out an analysis of the Horizon Logs. I
present as exhibit GIJ/3 an extract from those logs showing all
Transactions carried out in Mode 15 - Housekeeping. These transactions
relate to the handling of Suspense account transactions and also the
settlement of any Discrepancies at the end of each Branch Trading
Period. The Branch Trading Statements for Periods 06 to 09 (ie on
13/10/10; 17/11/10; 15/12/10 and 12/01/11) have been exhibited as
Exhibits SB/7 to SB/10. Each shows at the bottom of the first page a
figure entitled “Total Branch Adjustments” where a negative figure
indicates a loss.
What exhibit GIJ/3 shows is how these Adjustments (ie losses) were
xesolved. At the end of Period 06 £1,065.56 was Settled Centrally. At
the end of Period 07 £4,211.21 was settled to Cash. At the end of
Period 08 £3,658.13 was settled to Cash. At the end of Period 09
£479.48 was Settled Centrally.
Settling Centrally means that the debt is removed from the local Branch
Accounts and is handled separately as a debt between the Branch Manager
and Post Office Ltd. However settling to cash means that the User has
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POL00060113
POL00060113
CONFIDENTIAL
Witness Statement
8, Magistrates Court Act 1960, sub section. SA(3)(a) and SB; Criminal
Procedure Rules 2005, Rule 27.1
Criminal Justice Act 1
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Continuation Gareth Idris JENKINS
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indicated that they have added the required amount of cash into the till
and the system then increases the amount of cash expected for any future
balancing. However this doesn’t necessarily mean that any cash has
actually been put in the Till. It may merely be an account entry. If
that is what has happened then the discrepancy will reappear in the next
period and the money will still be owed to Post Office Ltd.
In relation to Exhibit GIJ/3 I use the term Made Good Cash, which really
means that the system has been told that the cash has been put in the
till. However the Tills on Horizon are not controlled by the system.
It therefore follows that entries showing that Cash has been Made Good
do not necessarily mean that Cash has actually been put in the till.
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