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Difficulties with horizon had been sporadically reported to the post office between 2005 2011. other records show numerous difficulties with horizon in 2009. the post office accepts that this was an unexplained shortfall case, and that evidence from horizon was essential to the prosecution of both ms sefton and ms neald. the post office failed to carry out a proper investigation into horizon issues and failed to disclose failed colourful call logs and other records indicating there had been problems with horizon at the branch. in addition, mrjenkins had informed the post office solicitors that he had no information regarding complaints and investigations into horizon, and it has already been established that it s not possible to examine the original horizon system, because it has not been operational since 2010. similarly, i have not been presented with any audit data related to these cases to examine. these defects in ....
Never withheld payments, though they had delayed them. if we scroll over the page. it says she and ms neald did not repeat the losses because they were too terrified. it appears ms neald gave a broadly similar account. she said she did not know whether shortages were coming from. both submitted defence statements which questioned whether the losses were genuine or horizon generated. they requested relevant disclosure and access to horizon for the purpose of examination by a forensic accountant. solicitors on behalf of the post office asserted that material relating to horizon was not disclosable because the case turned on the deposit slips which want no part of horizon. ms neald repeated the disclosure request with the result that the post office agreed on a defence expert should be allowed to attend the branch to analyse the data. the post office serve their witness statement by garethjenkins in which he maintained that there was no problem with horizon. call logs show some ....
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 ....