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Learn why Nick Wallis’s book is essential reading. The first 22 pages reveal the critical software failure behind the British Post Office scandal.
1 Introduction
Nick Wallis has played a pivotal role in uncovering the truth about the British Post Office scandal, presenting a detailed and human-centered account in his book. His expertise and dedication shine not only through his writing but also in his interviews and videos, where he explains complex topics with clarity and passion. This page highlights key reasons to explore his work, featuring powerful videos where Nick offers unique insights into the scandal’s impact and the fight for justice.
Nick Wallis heeft een cruciale rol gespeeld in het blootleggen van de waarheid over het Britse Post Office-schandaal. In zijn boek biedt hij een gedetailleerd en mensgericht verslag van deze tragische gebeurtenissen. Zijn expertise en toewijding komen niet alleen tot uiting in zijn schrijfstijl, maar ook in zijn interviews en video’s, waarin hij complexe onderwerpen helder en gepassioneerd uitlegt. Op deze pagina belichten we de belangrijkste redenen om zijn werk te ontdekken, met krachtige video’s waarin Nick unieke inzichten deelt over de impact van het schandaal en de strijd voor gerechtigheid.
Two Decades:
The Fight For Justice
chronicles the moving personal experiences
of subpostmasters battling
the biggest miscarriage of justice the UK has ever seen.
The film tells the story of the Post Office scandal through the eyes of the victims
fighting to overturn their wrongful convictions,
and features interviews with several postmasters
along with those who broke the story and worked towards delivering justice.
Two Decades – The Fight For Justice
8 jul 2021
Two Decades: The Fight For Justice chronicles the moving personal experiences of subpostmasters battling the biggest miscarriage of justice the UK has ever seen.
The film tells the story of the Post Office scandal through the eyes of the victims fighting to overturn their wrongful convictions, and features interviews with several postmasters along with those who broke the story and worked towards delivering justice.
ISBN-13 : 978-1916302389
2 Why You Should Read the First 22 Pages
In the opening pages of Nick Wallis’s book, the crux of the British Post Office scandal is laid bare. What initially appears as a simple technical failure soon reveals itself as a catastrophic injustice – rooted in software developed by programmers who were unfit for the task. These pages expose how flawed technology, combined with institutional negligence, led to wrongful accusations, financial ruin, and untold suffering. By the time you reach page 22, you’ll have a clear understanding of how a seemingly small issue spiraled into one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in modern British history.
Waarom Je de Eerste 22 Pagina’s Moet Lezen
“In de openingspagina’s van Nick Wallis’ boek wordt de kern van het Britse Post Office-schandaal onverbloemd onthuld. Wat in eerste instantie lijkt op een eenvoudig technisch falen, ontpopt zich al snel tot een catastrofale onrechtvaardigheid – geworteld in software die ontwikkeld werd door programmeurs die niet geschikt waren voor de taak. Deze pagina’s laten zien hoe gebrekkige technologie, in combinatie met institutionele nalatigheid, leidde tot valse beschuldigingen, financiële ondergang en onnoemelijk leed. Tegen de tijd dat je pagina 22 bereikt, zul je een helder inzicht hebben in hoe een ogenschijnlijk klein probleem uitmondde in een van de grootste gerechtelijke dwalingen in de moderne Britse geschiedenis.
3 The Core Problem: Faulty Software
At the heart of the British Post Office scandal lies a critical flaw: the unreliable software system known as Horizon. What was intended to streamline operations and ensure accuracy instead caused chaos and widespread injustice. Faulty data led to unfounded accusations of theft and fraud, destroying the lives and livelihoods of countless Subpostmasters. Understanding the software’s role is essential to grasping how this scandal unfolded and why it persisted for so long.
Het Kernprobleem: Gebrekkige Software
In het hart van het Britse Post Office-schandaal ligt een cruciale fout: het onbetrouwbare softwaresysteem genaamd Horizon. Wat bedoeld was om de bedrijfsvoering te stroomlijnen en nauwkeurigheid te garanderen, veroorzaakte juist chaos en grootschalig onrecht. Onjuiste gegevens leidden tot ongefundeerde beschuldigingen van diefstal en fraude, waardoor de levens en bestaansmiddelen van talloze Subpostmasters werden verwoest. Het begrijpen van de rol van de software is essentieel om te begrijpen hoe dit schandaal zich kon ontvouwen en waarom het zo lang voortduurde.
4 Why This Matters
The British Post Office scandal isn’t just a story about flawed software – it’s a profound case study in systemic failure, ethical negligence, and the devastating impact of unchecked institutional power. The wrongful convictions and financial ruin inflicted on Subpostmasters reveal how deeply lives can be shattered when technology is misused and accountability is ignored. Understanding why this matters is crucial, not just to seek justice for the victims but to ensure such injustices never happen again.
Waarom Dit Belangrijk Is
Het Britse Post Office-schandaal is niet alleen een verhaal over gebrekkige software – het is een diepgaand voorbeeld van systemisch falen, ethische nalatigheid en de verwoestende impact van ongebreidelde institutionele macht. De onterechte veroordelingen en financiële ondergang van Subpostmasters laten zien hoe levens volledig kunnen worden verwoest wanneer technologie verkeerd wordt gebruikt en verantwoording ontbreekt. Begrijpen waarom dit belangrijk is, is cruciaal – niet alleen om gerechtigheid te zoeken voor de slachtoffers, maar ook om ervoor te zorgen dat dergelijke onrechtvaardigheden nooit meer plaatsvinden.
5 Call to Action
The Post Office scandal is a story that demands attention and action. To truly understand its depth and impact, these videos offer invaluable insights. In the first two segments from The One Show, Nick Wallis provides a compelling overview of the scandal, highlighting its key events and human cost. In his conversation with James O’Brien on LBC, Wallis delivers an outstanding explanation of the systemic failures and their consequences. Finally, the powerful testimony of a former sub-postmaster reveals the personal toll of this tragic ordeal. Together, these videos not only inform but inspire action toward justice and accountability.
Oproep tot actie
Het Post Office-schandaal is een verhaal dat aandacht en actie vereist. Om de omvang en impact ervan echt te begrijpen, bieden deze video’s waardevolle inzichten. In de eerste twee fragmenten van The One Show geeft Nick Wallis een overtuigend overzicht van het schandaal, waarbij hij de belangrijkste gebeurtenissen en de menselijke kosten belicht. In zijn gesprek met James O’Brien op LBC levert Wallis een uitmuntende uitleg over de systemische tekortkomingen en de gevolgen daarvan. Tot slot onthult de krachtige getuigenis van een voormalige subpostmaster de persoonlijke tol van deze tragische zaak. Samen informeren deze video’s niet alleen, maar inspireren ze ook tot gerechtigheid en verantwoordelijkheid.
Post Office part 1 on The One Show
Post Office part 2 on The One Show
James O’Brien meets Nick Wallis | LBC
20 jan 2024 Full Disclosure with James O’Brien
Nick Wallis was presenting the breakfast show for BBC Radio Surrey in 2010 when he was contacted by a listener with a story he’s been investigating ever since. Nick helped expose one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in UK legal history – the Post Office Horizon IT scandal that has devastated the lives of hundreds of innocent hardworking people across the country. His work has been published in Private Eye and broadcast on BBC Panorama, The One Show and BBC Radio 4. It is also the basis of his first book, The Great Post Office Scandal.
At minute 34: cass system not fit for purpose
Post Office scandal: My family was ‘abused’ in Post Office ordeal | Former sub-postmaster
6 jan 2024
“My daughter was bullied. She once was on the school bus and was spat in her hair by a young boy because her father was a thief.”
Former sub-postmaster Lee Castleton describes what it was like to be accused of stealing money in the Post Office scandal.
6 It ties together the elements of the story, the drama, and the impact of the scandal
The Post Office scandal is not merely a tale of systemic failure; it is a profound human drama that reveals the devastating consequences of unchecked power and institutional negligence. By weaving together the stories of individuals, the dramatic courtroom battles, and the wider societal implications, this scandal becomes a microcosm of moral failure on a grand scale. It is a narrative that highlights the resilience of those who fought for justice and the profound lessons we must learn to prevent such tragedies in the future.
Het verbindt de elementen van het verhaal, het drama en de impact van het schandaal
Het Post Office-schandaal is niet slechts een verhaal van systemisch falen; het is een diep menselijk drama dat de verwoestende gevolgen onthult van ongecontroleerde macht en institutionele nalatigheid. Door de verhalen van individuen, de dramatische rechtszaken en de bredere maatschappelijke implicaties samen te brengen, wordt dit schandaal een microkosmos van moreel falen op grote schaal. Het is een narratief dat de veerkracht benadrukt van degenen die voor gerechtigheid vochten en de diepgaande lessen die we moeten leren om dergelijke tragedies in de toekomst te voorkomen.
The Great Post Office Scandal: The extraordinary story behind the major ITV drama. The fight to expose a multimillion-pound IT disaster that wrongfully put hundreds of innocent Subpostmasters behind bars.
“A Story of Courage and Resilience”
The Stamp of Innocence captures the extraordinary journey of Noel and Sian Thomas, two individuals whose lives were forever changed by the Post Office scandal. Authored by Aled Gwyn Jôb, this inspirational book sheds light on their fight for justice, their unshakable determination, and the human spirit’s capacity to endure in the face of adversity. It’s a testament to the power of truth and a call to never look away from the stories that must be told.
“Een verhaal van moed en veerkracht”
The Stamp of Innocence vangt de buitengewone reis van Noel en Sian Thomas, twee mensen wier levens voor altijd werden veranderd door het Post Office-schandaal. Geschreven door Aled Gwyn Jôb, werpt dit inspirerende boek licht op hun strijd voor gerechtigheid, hun onverwoestbare vastberadenheid en het vermogen van de menselijke geest om te volharden in het aangezicht van tegenspoed. Het is een getuigenis van de kracht van de waarheid en een oproep om nooit weg te kijken van de verhalen die verteld moeten worden.
About the book
On 23rd April 2021, the Court of Appeal quashed the convictions of 39 former Subpostmasters and ruled their prosecutions were an affront to the public conscience. It is a scandal that has been described as one of the most widespread and significant miscarriages of justice in UK legal history.
This is the story of how these innocent people fought back to clear their names against a background of institutional arrogance and obfuscation, a fight dragged out by the Post Office’s refusal to accept responsibility for its failings.
Nick Wallis, an award-winning freelance journalist and broadcaster, has been pursuing this story since 2010 when he met a taxi driver who told him his pregnant wife had been sent to prison for a crime she did not commit. Since then, he has recorded interviews with dozens of victims, insiders and experts, uncovering hundreds of documents to build up an unparalleled understanding of the story.
Using these sources, Nick has been instrumental in bringing the scandal into the public eye. He broadcast his first investigation for the BBC in 2011. In the same year that he took the story to Private Eye. He has subsequently made two Panoramas, a Radio 4 series, and raised thousands of pounds to crowdfund his own court reporting for the Post Office Trial website.
Nick has now written the first definitive account of the scandal. He takes us from the ill-fated deal that brought Horizon into existence, through years of half-truths and obstruction, to the tearful scenes at the Court of Appeal this year. He exposes the secrecy and mistrust at the heart of the story, and the impact that had on the victims. He also chronicles how this story’s hero, Alan Bates, started as a lone public voice of dissent but went on to beat the Post Office – against overwhelming odds – at two of the highest courts in the land and win some redress for the victims.
The Post Office Horizon scandal – In conversation with Nick Wallis
The Great Post Office Scandal, Nick Wallis, Investigative Journalist
Nick Wallis (https://www.nickwallis.com/) is a TV, radio and online journalist. His main area of expertise is the Post Office Horizon scandal (https://www.postofficetrial.com/) . He recently fronted a ten-part series (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000…) for BBC Radio 4, a BBC Panorama documentary (https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode…) and I co-wrote a Private Eye Special (https://www.postofficetrial.com/2020/…) . And runs the website Post Office Trial (https://www.postofficetrial.com/) .
The British Post Office scandal is a major British business, legal, ethical and political scandal involving the prosecution by the Post Office of hundreds of sub-postmasters for alleged theft (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theft) , false accounting and/or fraud, resulting in criminal convictions, imprisonment, loss of reputation and livelihood, bankruptcy, divorce, and even suicide amongst those involved. The Post Office has a single shareholder, the British Government. Subsequent to a press outcry and later investigations, sub-postmasters (SPMs) convicted of criminal offences had their convictions declared unsafe, obtained unlawfully, and quashed. As of 2021, the government promised financial compensation to the victims of the scandal, which has been described as one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in British history.
Amongst other things, Nick live-tweeted from the Johnny Depp Libel Trial (https://www.nickwallis.com/) at the High Court and have been collecting relevant documents and transcripts, which you can browse here (https://www.nickwallis.com/depp-trial) .
He has fronted several crime series (https://www.channel5.com/show/crimina…) for Channel 5/Spike TV and he worked as a freelance reporter for ITV and 5 News.
Nick has reported from the scene of the Grenfell Tower fire, and the London Bridge terror raids. He also covered banking scandals, military negligence, terror plots, corporate tax avoidance, drug smuggling and immigration enforcement. He was also the first journalist to take BBC television cameras inside GCHQ.
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Educational: This video is essential viewing
Educational: This video is essential viewing
Nick Wallis tells the story brilliantly
7 Out Of The Blue
The video (18 minutes) explains in a simple and clear way what happened and how a group of about a thousand Subpostmasters got into special trouble from nowhere. Even 230 ended up in jail completely innocent.
The 6 part video makes it clear how justice can be used in an impossible way.
Why This Software Led to 900 Wrongful Convictions – The Horizon Scandal
22 dec 2024
Explore the Horizon scandal — a system designed to modernize the UK Post Office that instead led to devastating injustices. Discover how technology, unchecked power, and systemic failures converged to create one of Britain’s greatest legal controversies. (Eng/sub available).
Explorez le scandale Horizon – un système conçu pour moderniser les services postaux britanniques qui, au lieu de cela, a conduit à des injustices dévastatrices. Découvrez comment la technologie, le pouvoir incontrôlé et les défaillances systémiques ont convergé pour créer l’une des plus grandes controverses juridiques de Grande-Bretagne. (ST Français disponible).
Intro (00:00)
Part 1 : Horizon Origin/Début d’Horizon (00:40)
Part 2 : Bugs and Glitches/Bugs et Problèmes (02:54)
Part 3 : The Human Cost/Le Coût Humain (04:33)
Part 4 : It Begins/Cela Commence (11:05)
Part 5 : Truth Will Out/La Vérité Sortira (12:03)
Part 6 : The Aftermath/Les Conséquences (15:01)
This is my 1st video edited completely by me. I hope you enjoy it ! Let me know if there are technical problems.
Ceci est ma première vidéo éditée entièrement par moi. J’espère que vous l’apprécierez ! Faites-moi savoir s’il y a des problèmes techniques.
Explore the Horizon scandal — a system designed to modernize the UK Post Office that instead led to devastating injustices. Discover how technology, unchecked power, and systemic failures converged to create one of Britain’s greatest legal controversies. (Eng/sub available).
Intro (00:00)
Part 1 : Horizon Origin/Début d’Horizon (00:40)
Part 2 : Bugs and Glitches/Bugs et Problèmes (02:54)
Part 3 : The Human Cost/Le Coût Humain (04:33)
Part 4 : It Begins/Cela Commence (11:05)
Part 5 : Truth Will Out/La Vérité Sortira (12:03)
Part 6 : The Aftermath/Les Conséquences (15:01)
Educational: This video is essential viewing
Keys into garbage truck prank
27 mrt 2011
Parking lot attendants throw car keys into a garbage truck in front of the car owners. A presentation of the Just For Laughs Gags. The funny hidden camera pranks show for the whole family. Juste pour rire les gags, l’émission de caméra caché la plus comique de la télé!