Post Office Story: Profound Corruption Based on a Single Lie

In 2015, Lord James Arbuthnot (photo), while still an MP, called for a judge-led investigation into the Post Office’s handling of the issue.

In 2015, Lord James Arbuthnot (photo), while still an MP, called for a judge-led investigation into the Post Office’s handling of the issue, saying: “These are people who have been pillars of the community and have their reputations dragged through the mud. The way they have been treated is an utter disgrace.

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The Post Office scandal involved thousands of Subpostmasters wrongfully prosecuted for theft
due to issues with the Post Office’s Horizon computer system.

The British Post Office scandal is one of the most significant miscarriages of justice in recent history.
At the heart of this scandal was a single, devastating lie:

that the Horizon IT system, used by the Post Office, was robust and reliable.

The Single Lie: The Robustness of Horizon
The Horizon IT system was introduced in the late 1990s to modernize the accounting and management processes of the British Post Office. However, despite its advanced design, Horizon was fraught with bugs and errors. Unfortunately, the Post Office management maintained that the system was infallible.

The Ivory Tower: Senior Management’s Focus on Reputation
During this period, senior management, including figures such as Paula Vennels, were more concerned with maintaining the Post Office’s brand and good reputation than addressing the underlying issues. This “Ivory Tower” mentality led to a gross negligence of the truth and a disregard for the plight of those affected by Horizon’s failures.

Profound Corruption and Its Consequences
This unwavering belief in Horizon’s reliability led to numerous wrongful accusations of theft, fraud, and false accounting against sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses across the UK. Many of these individuals faced severe consequences, including financial ruin, imprisonment, and irreparable damage to their reputations.

The Unraveling of the Scandal
Over time, evidence surfaced that Horizon was anything but reliable. The persistent efforts of affected individuals and investigative journalists revealed the truth. It became apparent that the Post Office had ignored critical flaws in the system and had continued to prosecute innocent people based on inaccurate data.

Justice Versus Conscience
The British Post Office scandal highlights a crucial battle between justice and conscience. The unwavering trust in a flawed system and the subsequent cover-up by the Post Office officials showed a profound disregard for the truth and the lives of innocent people.

Conclusion
The Post Office scandal serves as a stark reminder of the importance of transparency, accountability, and the need for organizations to prioritize truth and justice over maintaining a false image of infallibility. It is a lesson in the devastating impact a single lie can have when it is propagated by those in power.

1 Paula Vennells was ‘lying’ about Post Office scandal, claims forensic accountant

Summary

The Post Office scandal involved thousands of sub postmasters wrongfully prosecuted for theft due to issues with the Post Office’s Horizon computer system. A public inquiry has revealed attempts by Post Office executives to cover up the problems, including trying to ‘shut down’ campaigns by affected sub postmasters and supportive MPs. There is evidence the Post Office knew Horizon could cause money discrepancies, yet still prosecuted sub postmasters based on false accounts. MPs and investigators allege the Post Office lied to government committees and inquiries. There are now calls for police investigations and criminal prosecutions over the scandal which ruined lives over many years.

😡 The UK Post Office scandal involved thousands of subpostmasters wrongfully accused and convicted of theft.
😟 Senior Post Office executives and lawyers knew of problems with the Horizon IT system but covered them up.
😠 Post Office executives tried to shut down MPs and campaigners investigating the scandal.
😤 The Post Office misled Parliament about evidence of miscarriages of justice.
😢 Subpostmaster lives were ruined by false accusations and wrongful convictions.
😠 The Post Office limited the information given to investigating forensic accountants.
😡 The Post Office CEO denied any evidence of miscarriages of justice despite being aware of such evidence.
🤬 An investigator believes the Post Office CEO lied to Parliament about miscarriages of justice.
😤 The Post Office tried to control and shut down an MP and subpostmasters’ alliance investigating the scandal.
😠 There are calls for criminal investigations and prosecutions of Post Office leaders involved in the scandal cover up.

Summary

Paula Vennells was ‘lying’ about Post Office scandal, claims forensic accountant

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Should ex-Post Office boss return £2m bonuses? Feat. Ann Widdecombe & Michael J Walker | Jeremy Vine

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11 jan 2024

The Post Office controversy continues to gain pace, with a lot of the blame being placed with Paula Vennells, who said she would hand back her CBE.

Jeremy Vine on 5 is on television every weekday at 9:15am until 1:30pm on Channel 5.

2 The Evil of the Post Office – The forensic accountants were stonewalled by the Post Office

Forensic accountants who attempted to investigate and expose the flaws within the Horizon system were consistently stonewalled by the Post Office. This obstruction prevented the timely uncovering of critical evidence that could have exonerated many wrongfully accused sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses.

Post Office: Accountants say their work was ‘sabotaged’ by Post Office management

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The private investigators who exposed Horizon IT scandal | ITV News


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18 jun 2024

Pt1 PO aware accounting errors in Horizon leading to prosecutions

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19 jun 2024

Horizon IT scandal: Post Office officials knew of instruction for Fujitsu to remotely change sub-postmaster accounts 10 years ago, leaked recordings suggest. Before they were sacked, forensic accountants uncovered specific dates and times that sub-postmaster accounts were remotely ‘corrected’ by Fujitsu.3 Apr 2024
Horizon IT scandal: Post Office officials knew of instruction for …
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Paula Vennells tried to steer investigators away from …
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8 hours ago — Paula Vennells attempted to “steer” investigators away from looking at wrongful Horizon convictions, a forensic accountant has told the Post …
Post Office accused of cover-up over secret Horizon …
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26 Jan 2024 — Post Office bosses secretly decided in April 2014 to sack forensic accountants who had found bugs in their IT system, documents obtained by …
Forensic Accountant supports Post Office scandal victims
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11 Jan 2024 — In 2013, the Post Office hired an independent firm of forensic accountants, Second Sight, to look at its Horizon computer system and investigate …
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4 Apr 2024 — Forensic accountants discovered direct instructions from the Post Office to Fujitsu, instructing the alteration of sub-postmaster accounts.
No 10 ‘taking seriously’ reports that Horizon files show Post …
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26 Jan 2024 — BBC says government aware of alleged Post Office plan in 2014 to sack forensic accountants who flagged bugs in IT system.
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Pt2 Post Office looked to sack investigators from Second Sight

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19 jun 2024

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Post Office’s secret plan to sack investigators reviewing Horizon explained
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Post Office accused of cover-up

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Horizon scandal: More than £1m claimed as Post Office ‘profit’ may have come from sub-postmasters

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28 mrt 2024

More than £1m of unexplained transactions were transferred in to Post Office profit at the height of the Horizon scandal, leaked documents have shown.

The papers, seen by Sky News, show a snapshot of transfers from a Post Office “miscellaneous client” suspense account over a four-year period, up to 2014.

A suspense account is where unexplained, or disputed, transactions remain until they are able to be “reconciled”.

The Post Office released a statement in response to the findings, saying: “The statutory public inquiry, chaired by a judge with the power to question witnesses under oath, is the best forum to examine the issues raised by this evidence.

“We continue to remain fully focused on supporting the inquiry to get to the truth of what happened and accountability for that.”

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/horizon-sc…

3 “Subbies with their hands in the till”

“Subbies with their hands in the till” 

were blaming Horizon is one he will 

“regret for the rest of my life”

Post Office: Ex-boss who accused subpostmasters of having ‘their hand in the till’ under fire

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Post Office inquiry: former MD grilled over scandal

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Former Post Office boss Alan Cook challenged during inquiry over treatment of jailed sub-postmasters

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Ex-Post Office boss cornered over possible cover-up of Horizon scandal in Inquiry hearing

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Sub-postmaster wrongly sent to prison while pregnant rejects apology from ex-Post Office boss

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4 Paula Vennells Can’t Remember

Paula Vennells Can’t Remember


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16 jun 2024
 
Paula Vennells at the Post Office Horizon Enquiry.

“Nothing She Can Say To Redeem Herself” | Tearful Paula Vennells Admits Not Telling MPs Truth

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5 They wrongly blamed the Sub Postmasters – James Arbuthnot campaigned to put it right

Paula Vennells blamed ‘temptation’ of money in tills not IT system, Post Office inquiry hears

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Lord Arbuthnot says:

“They were operating some sort of behind-the-scenes deception process, 
which suggests to me now that they were stringing MPs along in order to preserve the robustness of Horizon, the existence of Horizon, and possibly the existence of the Post Office.
That is what I know now,
but I didn’t know that at the time.”

6 Gareth Jenkins not telling the court

Post Office Board knew about Horizon system flaws and exclusive document show insurers were alerted

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‘I don’t like the word tamper!’ | Post Office IT Horizon Scandal. Richard Christou – 19 June 2024

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20 jun 2024
 
In an absolutely jaw-dropping exchange that defies belief, Richard Christou, showing his true colours and what type of boss he was, belligerently denies any responsibility for his part in the Horizon IT scandal, blames “processes”, blames Gareth Jenkins’ appointment as an expert witness, and takes umbrage at the use of the word “tamper”. Simply unbelievable! Mr Beer should have been questioning this ex-CEO, not junior counsel.

Gareth Jenkins Fujitsu Horizon System Architect

7 Worse than you Know

The British Post Office Scandal: Worse than you Know

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7 mei 2024
 
So much worse than the miniseries.

How are lawyers involved in the PO Scandal

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29 jun 2023

With the PO Inquiry about to enter Phases 4 and 5, where lawyers feature heavily, we explore the nature of the allegations they will likely face.

Educational – Martin Griffiths – Allan Bates – 100.000.000 Pound trial

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8 Psychology, Plagiarism and the Post Office Scandal

Psychology, Plagiarism and the Post Office Scandal Part 1

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14 feb 2024

Quick intro to a video series connecting psychology and teaching about plagiarism with the UK post office scandal. In this first video I focus on the scandal. I will connect to psychology and teaching about plagiarism in part 4, which is coming soon.

Psychology, Plagiarism and the Post Office Scandal Part 2

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 20 feb 2024

This is the second of my four part series looking at the post office scandal. In this video I talk a bit about the history of the Post Office and why the public got so angry about the scandal.
This will set us up for part 3 where I talk about the inquiry into the scandal and part 4 where I connect to psychology and how we teach at university.
00:00 – Start
02:30 – Full Blooded Anger: The public response

Psychology, Plagiarism and the Post Office Scandal Part 3

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24 feb 2024

This is the third of my four part series looking at the post office scandal. In this video I talk a bit more about who sub postmasters are, a bit more about what the Horizon system was and how one sub postmaster pushed back.
This is the final piece of the jigsaw and prepares us for part 4 where I connect to psychology and how we teach at university.
00:00 – Start
04:10 – What is a sub postmaster
08:09 – The Horizon System

Psychology, Plagiarism and the Post Office Scandal Part 4 (finale)

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11 mrt 2024 #postofficescandal #postoffice #plagiarism
00:00 – Start
01:13 – Thinking Critically
02:26 – The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act
06:02 – The Post Office Legacy – Crime Fighters
09:06 – Lesson 1: a different type of critical thinking
14:01 – Lesson 2: a different type of plagiarism
21:49 – The Exception: kinda
31:41 – Our Moral Response: How psychology gets in the way

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UK Post Office Scandal – Vennells vs van den Bogerd: professionalism?

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10 jun 2024
I contrast the performances of Paula Vennells and Angelda van den Bogerd at the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry and reflect on what their behaviour tells us about professionalism. I consider how their particular version of professionalism impacted the UK post office scandal.

00:00 – Start
01:46 – Blaming the Victim: Community and Critical Psychology
02:13 – Paula Vennells: The performance
03:45 – Giving nothing away
05:42 – The meanings of professionalism
08:56 – Is it wrong to be objective?
11:26 – Final word from Sir Wyn Williams

Post Office Scandal – can’t remember, don’t care

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21 jul 2024

This video give you a helpful hint as to what to shout at your telly if you get grumpy at a witness at the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry because you think they are lying. Sure, you can shout out liar, liar, pants on fire, but I have something that might work even better… all revealed in this video 🙂

At minute 10:50 : she pushed it to the point that it became criminal

Can I get your Number!?

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