Ex-Post Office company secretary questioned over Horizon scandal
21 mei 2024
For years, she’s remained silent over what she knew about the wrongful prosecution of subpostmasters.
But tomorrow, the former head of the Post Office, Paula Vennells, will break that silence when she appears at the Horizon IT inquiry.
Today, it was the turn of the company secretary, Alwen Lyons, who was at every board meeting – and party to many secrets after 34 years in an organisation that caused untold suffering for hundreds of subpostmasters.
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17 apr 2024
She’s been described as the Post Office executive who knew more about the Horizon IT scandal than anybody else.
Angela van den Bogerd personally oversaw complaints about Horizon problems since 2010 and was part of a mediation scheme that was supposed to get to the bottom of why so many subpostmasters were being accused of theft.
But she defended the Post Office until the bitter end, even as late as 2019, during the High Court class action which Alan Bates and his group of fellow postmasters won.
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“Can’t Believe This Is True” | Will Mellor Shares His Experience Of Playing Horizon Scandal Victim
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8 jan 2024
The wrongful convictions of hundreds of subpostmasters due to faulty digital accounting software have been described as the most widespread miscarriage of justice in UK history.
The scandal has recently come back into the spotlight following ITV’s four-part drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office.
Actor Will Mellor tells Ian Collins what his reaction was when he first read the script.
“I started reading it and just kept putting it down and going, I can’t believe this is true.”
Judge tells Post Office their cases were a ‘sham’
9 feb 2024
Judge tells Post Office their cases were a ‘sham’ in an early acquittal of a subpostmaster accused of stealing money from her branch.
Despite Post Office assurances that all acquittals were reviewed, this certainly didn’t seem to happen in earlier cases and this likely led to more subpostmasters being pursued that otherwise may not have been.
Chances were missed to bring the Post Office Scandal to an end and instead subpostmasters are now having to relive it as some of the cases explored here from the case studies identified by the Post Office Inquiry have left innocent victims having to face their tormentors and relive their experience of this miscarriage of justice again.
UK Postal Scandal Revived By A TV Drama l Mr Bates vs The Post Office
10 jan 2024
For years, Britain’s overlooked Post Office scandal, deemed one of the nation’s most significant miscarriages of justice, remained largely unnoticed by the public.
However, the narrative changed recently due to an ITV television series. The drama shed light on how numerous postal workers faced wrongful prosecution due to computer system errors.
Stretching across two decades, this scandal resulted in the detention of some postal employees and inflicted severe financial hardships, causing many to lose their homes and livelihoods.
Ongoing independent inquiries and a police probe are gradually uncovering the intricate details of this over two decades, thrusting former ministers and high-ranking business executives into the center of attention.
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