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Sub-postmaster ‘blamed staff’ for Horizon IT system shortfalls

The Post Office must not be allowed to get away with ruining the lives of hundreds of wrongly accused postmasters across the UK, an inquiry has heard. Former sub-postmaster John Gormley, from Co Derry, said there are serious questions to be asked ...

19 May 2022 at 16:20

Post Office had deliberate policy of blame for missing money, inquiry told

A former subpostmaster has accused the Post Office of employing a “deliberate policy” of blaming them for missing money caused by flaws in its IT system. Scott Darlington, 59, who ran a post office in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, told an inquiry ...

17 Feb 2022 at 18:55

Post Office staff ‘probably feared career death’ by conceding Horizon failings

An independent forensic investigator told a former Conservative MP that Post Office staff “probably fear it will be career death” if they conceded failings with the Horizon system, an inquiry has heard. The Post Office inquiry was shown an ...

10 Apr 2024 at 15:01

Paula Vennells not being told full story about Post Office probe – Alan Bates

Alan Bates has told the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry he was “concerned” former chief executive Paula Vennells was “not being told the full story” about investigations by forensic accountants. The former subpostmaster and lead campaigner ...

09 Apr 2024 at 18:59

Alan Bates to give evidence to Post Office Horizon IT inquiry

Prominent campaigner Alan Bates has arrived at the Post Office IT Inquiry ahead of giving evidence to the probe, as the investigation enters a significant phase. Mr Bates founded the Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance, and led a group ...

09 Apr 2024 at 09:50

Post Office chairwoman ‘may have expected lawyer to manipulate probe’

A former top in-house lawyer for the Post Office has surmised to an inquiry that chiefs expected her to “manipulate” a review by forensic accountants into a faulty computer system. Auditors Second Sight released an interim report ...

23 Apr 2024 at 19:25

Ex-comms chief asked himself if Post Office were ‘baddies’ in Horizon scandal

The former Post Office communications director said he has asked himself whether the company might have been “the baddies” throughout the Horizon scandal but insisted the business “tried to do the right things”. Mark Davies told ...

14 May 2024 at 12:06

Accused subpostmaster ‘contemplated suicide’ over system flaws

A subpostmaster among those falsely accused of theft, fraud and false accounting has told an inquiry he “contemplated suicide” after being left with a bill of £17,000 due to flaws within the Post Office system. Between 2000 and ...

14 Feb 2022 at 16:25

Former head of subpostmasters union denies being ‘too close’ to Post Office

The former head of the union for subpostmasters has denied the organisation became “too close” to the Post Office and was “flush with money”. George Thomson, former general secretary of the National Federation of ...

21 Jun 2024 at 12:36

Former subpostmasters union leader ‘privately tipped off Post Office on Horizon’

The former head of the union for subpostmasters privately tipped off the Post Office about those “sniffing around” the Horizon IT system, an inquiry heard. George Thomson, former general secretary of the ...

21 Jun 2024 at 16:11

Former Fujitsu engineer says Post Office ‘tried to put words in my mouth’

A former senior Fujitsu engineer has claimed the Post Office were “trying to put words into my mouth” when disclosing issues with the Horizon IT system. Gareth Jenkins also said he “would have done ...

25 Jun 2024 at 13:33

Former Fujitsu engineer says Post Office wanted harsher witness statement

A former senior Fujitsu engineer has said Post Office lawyers wanted to change his witness statement for a trial to wrongly implicate a subpostmaster. Gareth Jenkins also claimed the Post Office ...

25 Jun 2024 at 17:44

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