Fujitsu boss 'truly sorry' for role in Post Office scandal

Paul Patterson, Fujitsu's Europe director, said the firm gave evidence to the Post Office which was used to prosecute innocent sub-postmasters. "We did have bugs and errors in the system and we did help the Post Office in their prosecutions of the sub-postmasters."For that we are truly sorry. Earlier, Neil Hudgell, a solicitor representing 77 sub-postmasters wrongly convicted by the Post Office, told MPs that just three people had been paid full and final compensation. In some cases he said requests had been made for documents that were held in Post Office branches that clients had been locked out of some 15 to 20 years ago. Jo Hamilton, who was wrongfully convicted of stealing £36,000 from the village Post Office she ran in Hampshire in 2006, said getting compensation was like being treated like a criminal all over again.

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