also present were steve bradshaw and kevin ryan from the security team. i am just pausing there. we have two auditors, two investigators arriving at the branch on the 6th of january 2012. why was it necessary for four people to attend that branch? the auditors people to attend that branch? tie: auditors arrived before that, and we attended because of the audit to be put on, me and mr ryan. because miss sefton previously telephoned me to say that she wanted to speak to me, and that s why we attended. it is normal for the auditors to attend to audit the branch well we looked into this customer complaint from the animals in need charity. 50 is this customer complaint from the animals in need charity.- animals in need charity. so is it normalfor animals in need charity. so is it normal for four animals in need charity. so is it normal for four individuals - animals in need charity. so is it normal for four individuals to i normal for four individuals to attend what is a relatively small
scroll down to paragraph 27 and 28, please. the post office understood the branch on the 6th of january 2012. during the audit, 40 gyro deposit slips on a number of envelopes were recovered from a cupboard which showed suppressed deposits in the sum of £34,000. ms ?sefyt sefton and ms neald said they had tried to repay the funds using their own credit cards and holiday money. they eventually ran out of funds. as a result, they began to delay the processing of business deposits to santander and one of the bank. they could not explain the shortages. they had reached breaking point in their lives, and health had been deeply affected. on january the 20th, 2012, miss sefton and ms neald were interviewed. they said they had
cases of angela sefton and ann neald. paragraph 23. thank you very much. i will again raid briefly from the transcript an accurate read briefly from the transcript to refresh our memory in this case. one april 11, 2013, the crown court at liverpool, angela sefton and ann neald each pleaded guilty to one count of false accounting, with which they were jointly charged. the allegation against them was ensured that between the 1st of january, 2006 and the 6th of january 2012, they had falsified gyro deposit entries on horizon in relation to the receipt of £34,000 in donations made to the charity animals in need. on the 13th of may, ms sefton was sentenced to six months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months. ms neald was sentenced to five months in prison which was also suspended for 12 months. if we