MicroFocus COBOL and MariaDB 31 bit ODBC - FETCH returns corrupt data

simple table called 'family' with 1 column - 'name' defined as char(20)

COBOL source:
EXEC SQL BEGIN DECLARE SECTION END-EXEC
01 ws-name pic x(20).
EXEC SQL END DECLARE SECTION END-EXEC.

exec sql
DECLARE mycursor cursor for
SELECT name
FROM family
end-exec
exec SQL open cursor mycursor end-exec
perform until sqlstate = 02000
exec sql
fetch from mycursor into :ws-name
end-exec
display ws-name <---- displays garbage
end-perform

when I run the MicroFocus debugger the first value fetched contains this corruption:
Richard Sh peare
Hex:
56666762561000766762
29381240380000051250

for some reason x'100000' is overlaid in the char string. We are also seeing a SQLCODE = 1 suggesting a truncation of some sort.

If I run the select and specify INTO OUTFILE 'debug'
The name values are correctly saved - so the problem seems to be in the FETCH process into the program variable.

Recreated this using different tables and columns - same corruption occurs.

We have confirmed that this same program works fine when run against SQL Server.

I then installed the MYSQL 31 bit ODBC driver version 5.3.6 and used that instead of the Maria DB 31 bit ODBC driver -and the MYSQL connector works fine.
So this would seem to suggest that the MariaDB ODBC driver has a bug.