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A lawyer in the Post Office’s criminal law team was sent evidence of a bug in the Horizon IT system three days before a postmistress went on trial ⬇️ https://t.co/MenwR6dwWn
✉️ The Post Office identified more than 100 bugs with a piece of software linked to claims of a second IT scandal, but prosecuted sub-postmasters anyway, new documents reveal 🔴 Exclusive from @SteveRobson04: https://t.co/kx7vi882bK https://t.co/tyZMZqo9eH
Excl: My latest on the ‘second scandal’ at the Post Office. Expert believes paperwork shows Post Office had identified more than 100 bugs with software by Jan 1997. Yet sub-postmasters were forced to pay for alleged losses, sacked and in some cases criminally prosecuted. 🧵 https://t.co/anERDi6xDg
The Post Office is under scrutiny as new documents reveal that they identified over 100 bugs in software related to a second IT scandal. Despite this, sub-postmasters were still prosecuted for alleged losses, leading to public inquiry and questions for the former head of legal.