Post Office Scandal

Alan Bates:
"Post Office spent 23 years trying to discredit subpostmasters"

Major Post Office figures giving evidence over the next few working days.

The guy on the stand at present looks totally uncompetant. He's getting ripped to shreads by the committee.

I've found it compulsive viewing, I'm most impressed with KC Jason Beer's patience.

I have two questions: Firstly, why were sub-postmasters prosecuted concerning financial irregulaties whereas Alan Bates was just dismissed?
Secondly, has anybody as yet been able to demonstrate precisely how Horizon caused data to be recorded incorrectly?

(13-04-2024 19:48 )Chrisst Wrote:  Firstly, why were sub-postmasters prosecuted concerning financial irregulaties whereas Alan Bates was just dismissed?

Bates had solved most of the irregularities at his own branch, by finding issues such as duplicated transactions. So it wouldn't have been realistic to prosecute him.

(13-04-2024 19:48 )Chrisst Wrote:  Secondly, has anybody as yet been able to demonstrate precisely how Horizon caused data to be recorded incorrectly?

Yes but it wasn't just one single problem. Several bugs in the software have been discovered which caused data to be recorded incorrectly.

Hearing Angela Van der Bogerd's terstimony It strikes me her testimony has been one to defend the Post Office. It find it staggering that she claimed she saw but 'never received' emails about the system.