Jan 19, 2024
Post Office inquiry: Fujitsu boss says editing of evidence 'shameful'
The boss of Fujitsu's European arm has described the editing of witness statements that were used to prosecute sub-postmasters as "Shameful". Speaking in front of the Post Office inquiry, Paul Patterson talked about evidence of bugs in the Horizon software being edited out, which he said was "Appalling". During the hearing on Friday, Mr Patterson, who joined Fujitsu in 2010 and is now director of the firm's European arm, was asked when the company became aware that the evidence the Post Office was relying on to prosecute sub-postmasters had been affected by the bugs, errors and defects in Horizon. When the inquiry counsel Jason Beer KC followed up to ask why those BEDs were not raised in the witness statements provided by Fujitsu employees to the Post Office for prosecutions, Mr Patterson said: "I do not know why."On a personal level, I am surprised that that detail was not included," he added, before confirming that some references to these BEDs were edited out of evidence "by others". Mr Patterson said that it was: "Shameful, appalling - my understanding of how our laws work in this country [is] that all of the evidence should have been put in front of the sub-postmaster, that the Post Office was relying on to prosecute them.
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