Post office inquiry

[Wizzwazzwas]

Is there already a thread on this somewhere? It’s absolutely heartbreaking

www.postofficehorizoninquiry.org.uk/

I listened to the podcasts, but hearing the testimony from those wrongly imprisoned... just beyond awful.

The biggest miscarriage of justice in British history. Around 700 people convicted of crimes they did not commit based on evidence from a faulty computer system. Many more paid large sums they did not actually owe to Post Office and lost their reputations, livelihoods, homes and relationships over this.

Those who should be in the dock include:

Paula Vennells - former Post Office CEO
Angela van den Bogerd - former senior executive at Post Office
Gareth Jenkins - former Fujitsu employee who seems to have perjured himself on multiple occasions
Anne Chambers - another Fujitsu employee who appears to have lied in court
Tim Parker - former Post Office chairman
Various Post Office investigators who failed to investigate and lied to victims

and many more.

Given what has emerged about the scale of the scandal, it is not unreasonable to say that Post Office was run as a criminal enterprise for many years, making profits by extorting money from subpostmasters and occasionally from its own counter staff.

Sadly, it seems a sizeable proportion of those wrongly convicted are not engaging with the process to get their convictions overturned. I suspect some just want to forget the whole thing, but there may also be those holding back because they don't trust Post Office or the justice system after being let down for so long.

This is a horrifying and shameful story.

What is most as shameful is that it hasn't been getting the news coverage it deserves.
I know covid, Ukraine etc.

But this is such a huge scandal that we should all be up in arms, we should all feel confident that those responsible are held to account, and that those who have been on the receiving end of such injustice have their finances and good names reinstated.

I doubt I'm alone in thinking that proper justice will never be served though.

I agree, I do not understand the lack of news coverage. I’m also not sure I understand the significance of it’s terms of reference tbh. I can’t help but wonder if the won’t get to some of the really meaty issues, and instead just focus on the IT system.