The Post Office has hired investigators, including some ex-police, to look at its own staff’s previous work investigating the Horizon scandal.
The new team will look at allegations against current and past employees involved in the prosecution of sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses.
Concerns about conduct have been raised during an ongoing public inquiry.
Concerns about conduct have been raised during an ongoing public inquiry.
Relevant findings from the internal investigation could be passed on to authorities, including the police, or acted upon by the Post Office itself.
A Post Office spokesperson said that it takes “any allegations of wrongdoing extremely seriously and investigates through established procedures including the involvement of relevant authorities as appropriate”.
The Post Office scandal has been described as one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in British legal history.
Between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 sub-postmasters were wrongly prosecuted due to faulty software.
Incorrect information provided by a computer system called Horizon, developed by Japanese firm Fujitsu, meant that sub-postmasters and postmistresses were prosecuted for stealing money.
The Post Office has hired investigators, including some ex-police, to look at its own staff’s previous work investigating the Horizon scandal.
Concerns about conduct have been raised during an ongoing public inquiry.
The new team will look at allegations against current and past employees involved in the prosecution of sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses.
Relevant findings from the internal investigation could be passed on to authorities, including the police, or acted upon by the Post Office itself.
Concerns about conduct have been raised during an ongoing public inquiry.
Concerns about conduct have been raised during an ongoing public inquiry.
Relevant findings from the internal investigation could be passed on to authorities, including the police, or acted upon by the Post Office itself.
A Post Office spokesperson said that it takes “any allegations of wrongdoing extremely seriously and investigates through established procedures including the involvement of relevant authorities as appropriate”.
The Post Office scandal has been described as one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in British legal history.
Between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 sub-postmasters were wrongly prosecuted due to faulty software.
Incorrect information provided by a computer system called Horizon, developed by Japanese firm Fujitsu, meant that sub-postmasters and postmistresses were prosecuted for stealing money.
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