Post by Mr Whippy on Jun 8, 2020 17:32:16 GMT
Looking at the Post Office's prosecution of Postmasters for cash going missing after the adoption of a new computer system.
Been listening to this serialised on the radio. The Post Office's behaviour from start to finish was nothing less than atrocious. Saying that cash going missing wasn't possible with the system, ignoring information to the contrary and hiding it, drawing the case out and trying to overturn the first case (it was split up into about 5 individual prosecutions) won against them on the grounds that the judge wasn't being impartial. They agreed on a settlement (can't remember how much now) but after lawyers fees it only left £12 million to go to the Postmasters, which equated to about £20,000 for each. Which didn't even cover what they had lost in earnings. Not to mention prison sentences some had been given. And it wouldn't have come to light if it hadn't have been for the persistence of a journalist determined to expose it.
Been listening to this serialised on the radio. The Post Office's behaviour from start to finish was nothing less than atrocious. Saying that cash going missing wasn't possible with the system, ignoring information to the contrary and hiding it, drawing the case out and trying to overturn the first case (it was split up into about 5 individual prosecutions) won against them on the grounds that the judge wasn't being impartial. They agreed on a settlement (can't remember how much now) but after lawyers fees it only left £12 million to go to the Postmasters, which equated to about £20,000 for each. Which didn't even cover what they had lost in earnings. Not to mention prison sentences some had been given. And it wouldn't have come to light if it hadn't have been for the persistence of a journalist determined to expose it.
