May 3, 05:18 PM

Post Office Knew of IT Bugs in 1997, Still Prosecuted Sub-Postmasters

New documents reveal that the Post Office was aware of over 100 bugs in a software system as early as January 1997, yet continued to prosecute sub-postmasters based on alleged losses caused by these bugs. These prosecutions included forcing sub-postmasters to pay for the alleged losses, resulting in job losses and criminal charges. Additionally, a top Post Office lawyer has been accused of misleading the Horizon IT inquiry about his knowledge of these software issues, which could have prevented the wrongful prosecutions.

#Post Office #Horizon IT

Written with ChatGPT (GPT-4).

Sources

Sky News@SkyNews
3 years ago
A former top Post Office lawyer has been accused of telling the Horizon IT inquiry a "big fat lie" over his knowledge of a bug in the system that could have stopped wrongful prosecutions of sub-postmasters in their tracks. Read more 🔗 https://t.co/PyNBCDN65x
ITV News@itvnews
3 years ago
Post Office lawyer ‘covered up’ flawed prosecution of pregnant sub-postmistress https://t.co/OaJF9Hf0fO
Sky News@SkyNews
3 years ago
Post Office lawyer accused of telling 'big fat lie' to Horizon inquiry 🔗 https://t.co/ngEhwXtdgK

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