Hundreds of Post Office workers ‘vindicated’ by High Court ruling over faulty IT system that left them bankrupt and in prison
5 years, 3 months ago

Hundreds of Post Office workers ‘vindicated’ by High Court ruling over faulty IT system that left them bankrupt and in prison

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hundreds of former Post Office workers who claimed a faulty IT system led to some of them being prosecuted and others going bankrupt due to cash shortfalls have been "vindicated" after a High Court ruling in their favour. His ruling that there was a “material risk” that shortfalls in Post Office branch accounts were caused by Horizon is a major step in workers’ attempts to have convictions for fraud and theft overturned. But in a statement following Monday’s hearing, its chairman Tim Parker said: “In reaching last week’s settlement with the claimants, we accepted our past shortcomings and I, both personally and on behalf of the Post Office, sincerely apologised to those affected when we got things wrong. “We have given a commitment to learning lessons from these events, and today’s judgment underlines the need to do so.” Mr Parker insisted the current Horizon system was “robust relative to comparable systems” and said the Post Office was implementing changes to “the ways in which we support our postmasters”.

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