Jan 17, 2024
Post Office scandal: The ordinary lives devastated by a faulty IT system
More than 900 Post Office workers were prosecuted after faulty computer software made it look like money was missing from their branches. In 2009, he and six others spoke out publicly for the first time about the flaws of Horizon - the computer accounting system used by the Post Office - in an interview with Computer Weekly. The Horizon system was flawed and a group of 555 post office workers won a group action paving the way for the first round of sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses to have their convictions overturned in 2021. Alan's story - and name - was the focus of the ITV drama, Mr Bates vs The Post Office, which has reignited the public consciousness around the Post Office scandal. Peter's widow, Marion, who he was married to for 51 years, says her late husband's reputation was "Destroyed" by the Post Office.
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