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Ronnie is on trial for robbing a mail train and murdering the security guard, Jess. Ten months after the offence, coverage of the robbery on a television programme prompted a phone call from a viewer to the information hot line. The caller told the operator that they knew the robber was Ronnie and where the police were likely to find him. Acting on this information, the police arrested Ronnie. Forensic expert analysis of the bullet that killed Jess shows it to have unusual markings, and police investigations have traced the bullet to a shop that sells ammunition. A printout of the shops record of sales shows a sale of the type of bullet that killed Jess to a Ronnie Briggs who paid by credit card three months prior to the robbery. The sale was written down in a ledger by the sales assistant and then recorded from the ledger onto the shops database by the shop manager.Which of the following best explains the admissibility of the shop records?

A. A B. The shop records are admissible documentary hearsay under s.116 Criminal Justice Act 2003. C. B D. The shop records are admissible documentary hearsay under s.117 Criminal Justice Act 2003. It will not be necessary to satisfy one of the conditions in s.116(2). E. C F. The shop records are inadmissible unless the manager of the shop is called to give evidence of the compilation and custody of the shops database. G. D H. The shop records are admissible documentary hearsay under section 117 Criminal Justice Act 2003, but one of the conditions in section 116(2) must be satisfied.