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For years, the Post Office and Fujitsu covered up the bugs in their faulty Horizon computer software, blaming the subpostmasters using it. Thousands had their lives ruined. Some took their own lives. Now Channel 4 News has obtained a 2006 contract between the two companies - overlooked despite being uploaded to the Post Office Inquiry's website - which a forensic accountant who investigated the Horizon scandal has described as "dynamite".
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For years, the Post Office and Fujitsu covered up the bugs in their faulty Horizon computer software, blaming the subpostmasters using it. Thousands had their lives ruined. Some took their own lives. Now Channel 4 News has obtained a 2006 contract between the two companies - overlooked despite being uploaded to the Post Office Inquiry's website - which a forensic accountant who investigated the Horizon scandal has described as "dynamite".

Channel 4 News

143,482 views • 6 months ago

#PostOfficeScandal Tonight on Channel 4 News with Jackie Long there was an exclusive report by alex thomson & Nanette van der Laan that revealed for the first time a secret contract between Post Office and Fujitsu UK For years, the Post Office and Fujitsu covered up the bugs in their faulty Horizon computer software, blaming the subpostmasters using it. Thousands had their lives ruined. Some took their own lives. Now Channel 4 News has obtained a 2006 contract between the two companies – overlooked despite being uploaded to the Post Office Inquiry’s website – which a forensic accountant who investigated the Horizon scandal has described as “dynamite”. Featuring Tracy Felstead Lee Castleton OBE Ron Warmington Liam Byrne MP The fact Post Office denied remote access was possible until days before the High Court 2nd trial in 2019 when there was a contract that was signed in 2006, shows just how far they were prepared to go to keep this document out of the public domain. For it to come to light almost 20 years after it was first signed is a disgrace. It was not disclosed to the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry so that witnesses could be cross examined on it. Now it will be up to Business and Trade Committee and its Chair Liam Byrne MP to uncover who knew what and when, why it wasn’t disclosed and when Fujitsu are going to start contributing to the colossal financial redress bill estimated to be £1.6 billion. At the moment it is all being carried by the taxpayer.
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#PostOfficeScandal Tonight on Channel 4 News with Jackie Long there was an exclusive report by alex thomson & Nanette van der Laan that revealed for the first time a secret contract between Post Office and Fujitsu UK For years, the Post Office and Fujitsu covered up the bugs in their faulty Horizon computer software, blaming the subpostmasters using it. Thousands had their lives ruined. Some took their own lives. Now Channel 4 News has obtained a 2006 contract between the two companies – overlooked despite being uploaded to the Post Office Inquiry’s website – which a forensic accountant who investigated the Horizon scandal has described as “dynamite”. Featuring Tracy Felstead Lee Castleton OBE Ron Warmington Liam Byrne MP The fact Post Office denied remote access was possible until days before the High Court 2nd trial in 2019 when there was a contract that was signed in 2006, shows just how far they were prepared to go to keep this document out of the public domain. For it to come to light almost 20 years after it was first signed is a disgrace. It was not disclosed to the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry so that witnesses could be cross examined on it. Now it will be up to Business and Trade Committee and its Chair Liam Byrne MP to uncover who knew what and when, why it wasn’t disclosed and when Fujitsu are going to start contributing to the colossal financial redress bill estimated to be £1.6 billion. At the moment it is all being carried by the taxpayer.

Christopher Head OBE

11,490 views • 6 months ago

'From criminal to OBE' #BBCBreakfast joined Seema Misra, Lee Castleton and Christopher Head as they collected their OBEs for exposing the Post Office Horizon IT scandal that saw hundreds of sub-postmasters wrongly convicted
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'From criminal to OBE' #BBCBreakfast joined Seema Misra, Lee Castleton and Christopher Head as they collected their OBEs for exposing the Post Office Horizon IT scandal that saw hundreds of sub-postmasters wrongly convicted

BBC Breakfast

27,098 views • 1 year ago

On Tuesday, we're looking at how fair, full and fast compensation can be paid to sub-postmasters in the Post Office Horizon Scandal. We'll be questioning: ⁠- Former sub-postmasters - Post Office - Fujitsu - Minister Kevin Hollinrake MP Find out more:
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On Tuesday, we're looking at how fair, full and fast compensation can be paid to sub-postmasters in the Post Office Horizon Scandal. We'll be questioning: ⁠- Former sub-postmasters - Post Office - Fujitsu - Minister Kevin Hollinrake MP Find out more:

Business and Trade Committee

13,305 views • 2 years ago

'There is no justice in delay' Lee Castleton, who was wrongly convicted in the Post Office IT scandal, spoke to #BBCBreakfast after police warned the criminal investigation could be delayed by five years unless it receives millions of pounds in extra funding
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'There is no justice in delay' Lee Castleton, who was wrongly convicted in the Post Office IT scandal, spoke to #BBCBreakfast after police warned the criminal investigation could be delayed by five years unless it receives millions of pounds in extra funding

BBC Breakfast

15,692 views • 1 month ago

THE WHISTLEBLOWER WHO CRACKED THE BIGGEST SCANDAL IN UK LEGAL HISTORY Richard Roll fujitsu worked on the Horizon system. In 2015 he went on BBC Panorama and told them Fujitsu engineers had remote access to subpostmaster accounts and could change the numbers in secret. Post Office called that impossible. It was their entire defence. 700 people had already been prosecuted on the back of it. Post Office response: send lawyers to intimidate the journalists' sources. Hide Roll's identity from them. Call it a briefing. Call it protecting the brand. Roll gave evidence in the 2019 High Court case. It helped prove the system was defective. Convictions started falling. Since the ITV drama aired, Fujitsu has collected around £510 million in new UK government contracts. Victims are still waiting for compensation. One man spoke up in 2015. The institution spent a decade making sure nobody heard him. Sources: BBC Panorama / ComputerWeekly / The Guardian / Others
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THE WHISTLEBLOWER WHO CRACKED THE BIGGEST SCANDAL IN UK LEGAL HISTORY Richard Roll fujitsu worked on the Horizon system. In 2015 he went on BBC Panorama and told them Fujitsu engineers had remote access to subpostmaster accounts and could change the numbers in secret. Post Office called that impossible. It was their entire defence. 700 people had already been prosecuted on the back of it. Post Office response: send lawyers to intimidate the journalists' sources. Hide Roll's identity from them. Call it a briefing. Call it protecting the brand. Roll gave evidence in the 2019 High Court case. It helped prove the system was defective. Convictions started falling. Since the ITV drama aired, Fujitsu has collected around £510 million in new UK government contracts. Victims are still waiting for compensation. One man spoke up in 2015. The institution spent a decade making sure nobody heard him. Sources: BBC Panorama / ComputerWeekly / The Guardian / Others

Artur Nadolny

39,984 views • 2 months ago

Our BBC Panorama Trouble At The Post Office in August 20I5 had a Fujitsu whistleblower who said Horizon computer generated errors. This was the first time outsiders knew for a fact the Post Office was lying. So it is unfair to criticise Keir Starmer and Ed Davey who were out of the picture in August 2015. By then the Conservatives were in charge. And they gave Paula Vennels a gong.
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Our BBC Panorama Trouble At The Post Office in August 20I5 had a Fujitsu whistleblower who said Horizon computer generated errors. This was the first time outsiders knew for a fact the Post Office was lying. So it is unfair to criticise Keir Starmer and Ed Davey who were out of the picture in August 2015. By then the Conservatives were in charge. And they gave Paula Vennels a gong.

John Sweeney

1,441,412 views • 2 years ago

The former top Post Office lawyer who will NOT be appearing at the inquiry has been tracked down. Jane MacLeod is in Australia. The Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry even offered to cover transport and hotel costs. Still no. No comment to us. Very short walk for her dog.
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The former top Post Office lawyer who will NOT be appearing at the inquiry has been tracked down. Jane MacLeod is in Australia. The Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry even offered to cover transport and hotel costs. Still no. No comment to us. Very short walk for her dog.

Peter Ruddick

227,098 views • 2 years ago

A secret recording obtained by ITV News shows how investigators pled with the Post Office about its refusal to hand over potentially crucial emails regarding the Horizon IT scandal | Investigations Editor Daniel Hewitt reports
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A secret recording obtained by ITV News shows how investigators pled with the Post Office about its refusal to hand over potentially crucial emails regarding the Horizon IT scandal | Investigations Editor Daniel Hewitt reports

ITV News

64,219 views • 2 years ago

Post Office Minister Blair McDougall MP has refused to say when Post Office scandal victims would be compensated. It comes as ministers say they are accepting all but one of the recommendations made so far by public inquiry into the Horizon scandal. 🔗
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Post Office Minister Blair McDougall MP has refused to say when Post Office scandal victims would be compensated. It comes as ministers say they are accepting all but one of the recommendations made so far by public inquiry into the Horizon scandal. 🔗

Sky News

24,711 views • 9 months ago

Former sub-postmasters wrongly accused in the Post Office scandal have said they will fight on after being made OBEs in the New Year Honours list. Lee Castleton, Seema Misra, Chris Head and Jo Hamilton were honoured for services to justice👏
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Former sub-postmasters wrongly accused in the Post Office scandal have said they will fight on after being made OBEs in the New Year Honours list. Lee Castleton, Seema Misra, Chris Head and Jo Hamilton were honoured for services to justice👏

Peter Stefanovic

39,288 views • 1 year ago

POST OFFICE LAWYER WHO REFUSED TO TESTIFY NOW FACES HER OWN TRIBUNAL Jane MacLeod ran the Post Office legal department from 2015 to 2019. That is the exact window when the organisation was busy defending itself against the subpostmasters it had already destroyed. In 2024 the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry asked her to come and explain herself. She said no. She offered a written statement instead and argued too much time had passed for her memory to matter. Inquiry chair Sir Wyn Williams offered to pay her flights and hotel from Australia where she now lives. She still refused, in person or by video link. He admitted publicly that forcing her back would need a criminal conviction and possibly extradition. That process would outlast most subpostmasters patience for justice. So she walked. Now the Solicitors Regulation Authority SRA has referred her to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. The allegation covers April to July 2024, when she failed to cooperate fully with the Inquiry. She is also named as a significant individual in the Metropolitan Police investigation Operation Olympos. When BBC cameras doorstepped her about documents suggesting the Post Office lied about knowing Horizon was faulty, her answer was no comment. A strong move from someone who used to run a legal team built on telling the public the opposite. Over 900 subpostmasters were wrongly prosecuted between 1999 and 2009 because of broken Fujitsu software. Lives and marriages were wrecked while people in her position drafted the legal advice that kept the lie standing. A second solicitor, Nick Gould, has also been referred, over how he charged exonerated subpostmistresses for help after their convictions were quashed. dodging a public inquiry from the other side of the planet while your victims are still waiting for compensation says plenty on its own. Sources: ComputerWeekly Law Society Gazette Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry SRA Nick Wallis
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POST OFFICE LAWYER WHO REFUSED TO TESTIFY NOW FACES HER OWN TRIBUNAL Jane MacLeod ran the Post Office legal department from 2015 to 2019. That is the exact window when the organisation was busy defending itself against the subpostmasters it had already destroyed. In 2024 the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry asked her to come and explain herself. She said no. She offered a written statement instead and argued too much time had passed for her memory to matter. Inquiry chair Sir Wyn Williams offered to pay her flights and hotel from Australia where she now lives. She still refused, in person or by video link. He admitted publicly that forcing her back would need a criminal conviction and possibly extradition. That process would outlast most subpostmasters patience for justice. So she walked. Now the Solicitors Regulation Authority SRA has referred her to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. The allegation covers April to July 2024, when she failed to cooperate fully with the Inquiry. She is also named as a significant individual in the Metropolitan Police investigation Operation Olympos. When BBC cameras doorstepped her about documents suggesting the Post Office lied about knowing Horizon was faulty, her answer was no comment. A strong move from someone who used to run a legal team built on telling the public the opposite. Over 900 subpostmasters were wrongly prosecuted between 1999 and 2009 because of broken Fujitsu software. Lives and marriages were wrecked while people in her position drafted the legal advice that kept the lie standing. A second solicitor, Nick Gould, has also been referred, over how he charged exonerated subpostmistresses for help after their convictions were quashed. dodging a public inquiry from the other side of the planet while your victims are still waiting for compensation says plenty on its own. Sources: ComputerWeekly Law Society Gazette Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry SRA Nick Wallis

Artur Nadolny

66,174 views • 18 days ago

£3.5m profit a day globally. £1m a day from British taxpayers. A £1.8bn bill to fix a historic injustice. Fujitsu admits culpability in the Post Office Horizon scandal but won’t say how much it will pay. No figure. No provision. Just fine words about being “ethical”. Ethics aren’t slogans. They’re what you put in the accounts. Watch today's Business and Trade Committee session with Fujitsu, ministers, Post Office leaders - and #Horizon victims as we pursue our campaign for justice
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£3.5m profit a day globally. £1m a day from British taxpayers. A £1.8bn bill to fix a historic injustice. Fujitsu admits culpability in the Post Office Horizon scandal but won’t say how much it will pay. No figure. No provision. Just fine words about being “ethical”. Ethics aren’t slogans. They’re what you put in the accounts. Watch today's Business and Trade Committee session with Fujitsu, ministers, Post Office leaders - and #Horizon victims as we pursue our campaign for justice

Liam Byrne MP

60,181 views • 6 months ago

“Why is your department continuing to pay Fujitsu?” Nick Ferrari quizzes energy minister Michael Shanks on the government’s links to the company after it failed to compensate victims of the Post Office scandal.
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“Why is your department continuing to pay Fujitsu?” Nick Ferrari quizzes energy minister Michael Shanks on the government’s links to the company after it failed to compensate victims of the Post Office scandal.

LBC

18,609 views • 4 months ago

'If this empowers more screaming then that's what we need to do' On #BBCBreakfast former sub-postmaster Lee Castleton was emotional as he spoke about the support of his family after collecting an OBE for his part in the campaign to expose the Post Office IT scandal
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'If this empowers more screaming then that's what we need to do' On #BBCBreakfast former sub-postmaster Lee Castleton was emotional as he spoke about the support of his family after collecting an OBE for his part in the campaign to expose the Post Office IT scandal

BBC Breakfast

18,637 views • 1 year ago

The journalist Nick Wallis who has been with the Post Office Scandal for years (+ excellent ComputerWeekly) "Fujitsu will take more than £2 BILLION out of the Horizon IT system over the lifetime of this contract...and Fujitsu have since built an empire, in this country, on the broken backs of Sub-Postmasters" And that, dear voters, is how "the establishment" works.. £4.9 billion further contracts given by Rishi Sunak to Fujitsu since 2019 Fujitsu and Infosys have had a partnership since 2003. Multiple conflicts of interest imho
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The journalist Nick Wallis who has been with the Post Office Scandal for years (+ excellent ComputerWeekly) "Fujitsu will take more than £2 BILLION out of the Horizon IT system over the lifetime of this contract...and Fujitsu have since built an empire, in this country, on the broken backs of Sub-Postmasters" And that, dear voters, is how "the establishment" works.. £4.9 billion further contracts given by Rishi Sunak to Fujitsu since 2019 Fujitsu and Infosys have had a partnership since 2003. Multiple conflicts of interest imho

Carol Vorderman

666,312 views • 2 years ago

'Reinstate him, let him continue the good, dedicated work' 91 year old Betty Brown, the oldest victim of the Post Office IT scandal, spoke to #BBCBreakfast about the sacking of Gareth Thomas as Post Office minister and her ongoing bid for financial redress
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'Reinstate him, let him continue the good, dedicated work' 91 year old Betty Brown, the oldest victim of the Post Office IT scandal, spoke to #BBCBreakfast about the sacking of Gareth Thomas as Post Office minister and her ongoing bid for financial redress

BBC Breakfast

14,017 views • 10 months ago

Post Office SCANDAL Rishi Sunak still getting his facts WRONG #CarolsBoomBox Two victims who were convicted and sent to jail #MrBatesVsThePostOffice were on Breakfast TV this morning with heartbreaking stories Janet Skinner (put into the same jail as Rose West & on suicide watch) & Tracey Felstead (incarcerated when she was just 19) pulled him up on two issues. 🔹Sunak said it happened a long time ago in the 90s. It didn't. It's been ongoing since 1999 when the Horizon system was introduced. The convictions were only overturned in 2021. 🔹Sunak said "interim payments of up to £600,000". Wrong. For those wrongly convicted and sent to jail there has been a full and final offer of £600,000. Take it or leave it. Their story is truly unimaginable and yet it has happened...and for hundreds of others it's still going on...
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Post Office SCANDAL Rishi Sunak still getting his facts WRONG #CarolsBoomBox Two victims who were convicted and sent to jail #MrBatesVsThePostOffice were on Breakfast TV this morning with heartbreaking stories Janet Skinner (put into the same jail as Rose West & on suicide watch) & Tracey Felstead (incarcerated when she was just 19) pulled him up on two issues. 🔹Sunak said it happened a long time ago in the 90s. It didn't. It's been ongoing since 1999 when the Horizon system was introduced. The convictions were only overturned in 2021. 🔹Sunak said "interim payments of up to £600,000". Wrong. For those wrongly convicted and sent to jail there has been a full and final offer of £600,000. Take it or leave it. Their story is truly unimaginable and yet it has happened...and for hundreds of others it's still going on...

Carol Vorderman

632,159 views • 2 years ago