POL00169011 - Letter from Simon Clarke of Cartwright King to David Phillips and Partners re R v Della Robinson - Post conviction disclosure of Second Sight Interim Report and the Helen Rose Reportļƒ

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Majority House

Private and Confidential

51 Lodge Lane

wy ont: Derby
Messrs David Phillips and Partners DE1 3HB
DX 13017
BIRMINGHAM DX 700895 Derby 4
Date: 7 November 2013

Our Ref: MS2/22796

Dear Sirs
Re: Della Robinson ā€” Manchester Crown Court (Minshull Street)

On the 8" July 2013 a report into the operations of the Horizon system was published
by an independent organisation which had been commissioned by our clients, Post
Office Ltd. The report is known as the Second Sight Interim report. We have also
received and considered a second report, concerning an investigation into an incident
at another post office, the Helen Rose Report.

We have thoroughly reviewed both the prosecution case and that of your client and in
particular her Defence Statement and Addendum Defence Statement, in the light of
material contained within the Second Sight Interim report and the Helen Rose report.
We have also reconsidered our disclosure duties under the CPIA 1996 and the Code of
Practice enacted thereunder, and the A-Gā€™s Guidelines on Disclosure. We are also
alive to our duties under the common law relating to cases which have been
concluded.

We have formed the firm view that, had the prosecution been possessed of the
material contained within the two reports during the currency of the prosecution of
your client, we should and would have disclosed that material to you in compliance
with our disclosure duties.

The prosecution recognises its obligation post conviction to disclose any information
which may affect the safety of a conviction. Accordingly we now disclose those
reports to you so that you are able to consider whether your client may have grounds
for an appeal against her conviction.

We would also remind you of your duty not to disclose this material to any third party
other than your client; in particular the Helen Rose report is not in the public domain.

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Yours faithfully

Cartwright King

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