POL00333558 - Post Office and PSNI emails re Mossley PO (Liza Coleman) case - PO confident in Horizon’s integrity.

Evidence on official site

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From: Simon I Hutchinson’ ~
on behalf of — Simon! Hutchinson:

Sent: 06/07/2016 07:55

To: ALAN.GORDO!

cc: Helen Dickinson i

Subject: Mossley Post Office

Alan

Simply, we have been challenged, on occasion, regarding the Horizon computers system,
particularly were the case relies solely on Horizon evidence, as we are without a subject matter
expert to attend court to absolutely prove the evidence supplied by Horizon.

I am confident with Horizon integrity, however I am not qualified to say so in a court of law.

If you, or the PPS, wish to communicate with a Post Office Ltd senior manager regarding this
issue I can put you in contact with same.

Regards

Simon

Simon I Hutchinson
Security Manager

Brent House
15 Heron Road
Belfast BT3 9LE

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From: ALAN.GORDON:
Sent: 01 July 2016 14:25.
To: Simon I Hutchinson

Subject: OFFICIAL [PUBLIC]: Mossley Post Office

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Hello Simon,

In relation to your email below (Specifically the portion highlighted in bold) can you clarify what the “issue” you are
referring to is? I forwarded on your response to the prosecutors and they feel they are in the dark regarding this,

bearing in mind the standard of proof required then further clarification is needed.

Many Thanks
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Constable Alan Gordon
Larne and Carrickfergus LPT

Alan

Post Office Ltd is changing Horizon over to a new and more up to date system and we would have difficulty in providing
a subject matter expert to prove the absolute integrity of the Horizon system at this time, although I am in not doubt
about Horizon. If your case relies solely on Horizon evidence then there may be an issue, if, however, the Horizon
evidence is in addition to other evidence then we should be fine.

Recently Horizon has been challenged in terms of previous successful prosecutions and as a result a small amount of
these successful prosecution cases are sitting with the Criminal Case Review Commission.

I have attached a brief explanation and response from Post Office Ltd to a BBC Panorama programme which was critical
of Horizon — Link to the article - http://corporate.postoffice.co.uk/bbc-panorama-our-response

I hope this assist you and please feel free to phone me any time (day or night) if I can be of further assistance.
Regards

Simon

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