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Latest development in the Post Office's bonusgate. The Director General of the Business Department, David Bickerton has written to the Post Office demanding an apology for not informing the minister about the falsehood in its accounts and...
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... an explanation as to how the falsehood came to be in the annual report. I am reminded that the report is not just filed at Companies House, but (as a govt-owned company) laid before parliament. This means the signatories of the annual report - the Chairman and CEO...
... (the outgoing Tim Parker and Nick Read) misled parliament.
The Post Office knew that it had a falsehood in its annual report (which it still cannot explain) on 6 April, but did not tell the govt it had misled parliament AT ALL. Instead, as we know, it issued...
The Post Office knew that it had a falsehood in its annual report (which it still cannot explain) on 6 April, but did not tell the govt it had misled parliament AT ALL. Instead, as we know, it issued...
Holy sh*t. The Post Office applied a senior executive bonus metric about its work on the Post Office Inquiry (without informing the inquiry). Then it used false information to say it had achieved the metric and awarded the executive bonuses, whilst implying...
... the Inquiry chair had confirmed the false information!!!
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Post Office lawyers: "At the outset POL wishes to apologise to the Inquiry for setting a target that appeared to require the Chair's participation without asking Sir Wyn for his agreement to that, and for reporting against that target by suggesting the Chair and his team...
Good morning. I am at the #PostOfficeInquiry in London to watch Fujitsu whistleblower Richard Roll give evidence. I first heard Richard's voice on Alan Bates' cassette recorder in the Dobbie's garden centre café just off the A5 near Shrewsbury. 
I first met Richard Roll in the Leathern Bottle pub just outside Wokingham in April 2015. What he told me was something the Post Office were explicitly denying - that Horizon errors could cause holes in Postmaster accounts, and that Fujitsu staff could go into those accounts...
... and change them at will.
By that stage the BBC had commission its first Panorama into the Post Office scandal. Mr Roll became a significant contributor to our programme.
His appearance and what he said in public, on the record, became a significant factor in...
By that stage the BBC had commission its first Panorama into the Post Office scandal. Mr Roll became a significant contributor to our programme.
His appearance and what he said in public, on the record, became a significant factor in...
Thanks to @TomWitherow for the heads up. Amandeep Singh giving evidence now:
This from Amandeep Singh's Witness Statement...
This from Amandeep Singh's Witness Statement...
@TomWitherow ... (he was a Horizon Helpline worker)
"The floor was quite a toxic place, and this manifested itself with colleagues openly mocking the role and complaining to management that the role was not
what they were initially hired for. Many were desperate to leave and as soon as...
"The floor was quite a toxic place, and this manifested itself with colleagues openly mocking the role and complaining to management that the role was not
what they were initially hired for. Many were desperate to leave and as soon as...
... an option came to support another client, many jumped at the chance. Many of these colleagues were frustrated supporting these Postmasters, the toughest day was on Wednesday when it came to reconcile the weeks accounts....
Two (of many) notable elements sprung from Andrew Winn's car crash evidence session to the #PostOfficeInquiry on Friday. They were:
- Evidence which could have stopped Seema Misra going to prison was withheld by Winn's boss, Rod Ismay:
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- Evidence which could have stopped Seema Misra going to prison was withheld by Winn's boss, Rod Ismay:
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- 2) The Post Office sued, bankrupted and ruined an innocent Postmaster at the High Court specifically to deter other Subpostmasters from attempting to take it to court over holes in their Horizon accounts.
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... the infamous 2010 Ismay Report, which warned Post Office colleagues that investigating the Horizon system might lead to them realising innocent Postmasters had been sent to prison, is published for the first time (I think) here:
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Welcome to a special compensation hearing at the #PostOfficeInquiry at the IDRC in central London. There was a small demo outside by former Subpostmasters and many of those holding the banner in the picture are now in the inquiry room.
I will be live tweeting proceedings, but if you'd rather watch it online, the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry official youtube channel is here:
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This morning we'll be hearing from the Post Office and the government, who will attempt to sing the praises of their various compensations schemes, followed by representatives of three groups of Subpostmasters who will tell the inquiry chair the PO/govt has failed abysmally.
Holy shit - watching Colin Baker's evidence. The NFSP were hopelessly compromised. To call them complicit in this scandal is an understatement. NFSP refused to publicly criticise Horizon before rollout...
... despite knowing there were serious problems, failing even to inform a parliamentary select committee of the difficulties.
Baker is still giving evidence here;
Baker is still giving evidence here;
Baker agrees this was "very concerning":
Here are the Prosecution support pars in the agreement between ICL, PO and DSS re Horizon:
'4.1.8 The Contractor shall ensure that all relevant information produced by the POCL Service Infrastructure at the request of POCL shall be evidentially admissible...
'4.1.8 The Contractor shall ensure that all relevant information produced by the POCL Service Infrastructure at the request of POCL shall be evidentially admissible...
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and capable of certification in accordance with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) 1984, the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland)
Order 1989 and equivalent legislation covering Scotland...
and capable of certification in accordance with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) 1984, the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland)
Order 1989 and equivalent legislation covering Scotland...
... [R829 para 1)
4.1.9 At the direction of POL, audit trail and other information necessary to support
live investigations and prosecutions shall be retained for the duration of the
investigation and prosecution irrespective of the normal retention period of that
information...
4.1.9 At the direction of POL, audit trail and other information necessary to support
live investigations and prosecutions shall be retained for the duration of the
investigation and prosecution irrespective of the normal retention period of that
information...
Good morning from the Salvation Army café near the International Dispute Resolution Centre where Day 2 of Week 3 of Phase 2 of the Post Office Horizon Inquiry is taking place.
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Yesterday we heard from Keith Todd, former CEO of ICL (the British company owned by Fujitsu which won the Horizon project as the ‘Pathway Consortium’)
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I’ve had a chance to review Mr Todd’s evidence this morning. What follows is a mini-fisk of his witness statement and oral evidence…
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Good morning from the Salvation Army café in the shadow of St Paul's Cathedral. I am here to load up on caffeine before attending the final day of Phase 2 Week 2 of the Post Office Horizon inquiry at the IDRC. This photo was taken a little earlier today...
... this is the third day the inquiry has been sitting this week. Day 1 was on Tuesday during which the Inquiry's IT expert Charles Cipione started and finished the first part of his oral evidence during which he took the inquiry through the first part of his reporting into...
... the Post Office Horizon system. You can find that report here:
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Yesterday was mainly taken up with former Royal Mail Group CEO John Roberts' evidence. RM group had Post Office as one of its three companies and Roberts was in charge during...
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Yesterday was mainly taken up with former Royal Mail Group CEO John Roberts' evidence. RM group had Post Office as one of its three companies and Roberts was in charge during...
I’m now reading the submissions from @edwardhenry1 he makes the really important and under appreciated point that, even on the evidence as it was, false accounting should arguably not have been run. #postofficeinquiry
And the equally important point about equivocal pleas. A point almost ignored so far, including by me. The customary anguish when I read about @CastletonLee or @Janetsk20073533 is accentuated with gut wrenching economy
Here’s an example. About Janet Skinner, “She enters a plea, an unequivocal, I suppose, but false plea, because she had been crushed.”
Sam Stein KC saying individuals in Post Office may have perverted course of justice in Bates litigation strikes he as a very important point. Day3 #PostOfficeInquiry
Also his points on what helped PO cover up. And then this…
In reality, this Inquiry is not about the Horizon
System, with all of its faults and problems, but about
a sickness which lay at the core of the Post Office. 2/
In reality, this Inquiry is not about the Horizon
System, with all of its faults and problems, but about
a sickness which lay at the core of the Post Office. 2/
The Post Office was employer, victim, investigator and
civil and criminal prosecutor and it is now the arbiter
of which of its victims should receive compensation and
how much. 3/
civil and criminal prosecutor and it is now the arbiter
of which of its victims should receive compensation and
how much. 3/
Good morning from the Salvation Army Cafe at the northern end of this bridge. I’m settled here ahead of Day 4 of Phase 2 of the inquiry, being held at the International Dispute Resolution Centre (IDRC), in Juxon House, near St Paul’s Cathedral in London.
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This is an epic tweet thread which I’ll turn into a blog post in due course…
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I am catching up on the transcripts of the past few days and will pick out anything of interest. I was here for the opening day on Tuesday, but missed Wed and Thu.
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Been looking forward to this. Katrina Watt (sp.?) is addressing the Post Office Horizon Inquiry on behalf of the National Federation of Subpostmaster. Live-tweeting follows, but you can watch it here:
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KW calls the evidence at the Human Impact sessions "shocking".
NFSP urges PO and govt to make interim payments of compensation without delays. Hopes all that were wrongfully prosecuted and dismissed will have their...
NFSP urges PO and govt to make interim payments of compensation without delays. Hopes all that were wrongfully prosecuted and dismissed will have their...
... reputation restored. Also wants all compensation inc consequential losses.
Says being a core participant at the inquiry allows it to participate in a way that the NFSP couldn't in Bates v PO
Says being a core participant at the inquiry allows it to participate in a way that the NFSP couldn't in Bates v PO
London putting on a bit of razzle dazzle this morning. My destination is in the shadow of St Paul’s.
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Okay the inquiry is going to get underway with the evidence of Chirag Sidhpura - he’s just been sworn in. You can read his story here: postofficetrial.com/2019/09/chirag…
Chirag is the former Farncombe Subpostmaster. Thread...
Chirag is the former Farncombe Subpostmaster. Thread...
Catriona Hodge is asking questions for the inquiry. Sir Wyn Williams is dialled in remotely.
CH starts with questions about CS’s background - he has a computer engineer looking after 30 sites - servicing the infrastructure.
CH starts with questions about CS’s background - he has a computer engineer looking after 30 sites - servicing the infrastructure.
