anxiousmac, 5 months ago

@davidallengreen At no stage does anyone seem to have thought "Hang on, we wouldn't expect this many bent postmasters if we had recruited exclusively from Wormwood Scrubs."

richardcyates, 4 months ago

@davidallengreen the link to the Horizon issues judgement doesn’t seem to be correct on the email I received today. The article is fascinating and thought provoking

davidallengreen, 4 months ago

@richardcyates

I have just tested it and it works for me.

jbenjamint, 4 months ago

@davidallengreen This is a great read, thank you.

It's interesting you highlight the weaknesses of the E&W system, but with what should have been a more robust process, in Scotland the same travesties occurred. I haven't seen much written about the Scottish Horizon cases recently except this : https://www.scottishlegal.com/articles/stuart-munro-the-post-office-horizon-scandal

It's not comforting reading.

davidallengreen, 4 months ago

@jbenjamint

I am a qualified lawyer in England and Wales, and I know enough about Scots law to know that I should not write about Scots law! So although you find it "interesting" I only write about E&W, I have no alternative.

But I would not be surprised by similar horror stories in your jurisdiction.

ProfLouiseL, 4 months ago

@davidallengreen What I still want to know is where did all the money go that individuals gave the Post Office to make up in-fact-not-missing shortfalls.

davidallengreen, 4 months ago

@ProfLouiseL

A good question.

davoloid, 5 months ago

@davidallengreen What galls me is the "come to light" aspect. Private Eye (maybe other organs as well) have been highlighting the problems and then the scandal for almost all this time.

davidallengreen, 5 months ago

@davoloid

Indeed. But it was the court process that prised the key disclosures out of the Post Office.