May 15, 2024
Post Office exec regrets 'malcontents' comment
Patrick Bourke wrote in a briefing for Post Office boss Paula Vennells that the issue of the safety of sub-postmasters' convictions "Pales into insignificance" compared to the organisation's "Social purpose". Mr Bourke wrote and edited the briefing on 13 January 2015 which said there was "No functionality" which allowed the Post Office or Fujitsu to edit or remove transaction data. "There is no functionality in Horizon for either a branch, Post Office or Fujitsu to edit, manipulate or remove transaction data once it has been recorded in a branch's accounts," he wrote in the briefing. The inquiry saw evidence that just five days before the briefing was completed, Mr Bourke received an email from Post Office criminal lawyer Jarnail Singh that Mr Jenkins was aware of bugs in Horizon which he had not mentioned when sub-postmasters were prosecuted. The Post Office has come under huge scrutiny in the wake of an ITV drama, Mr Bates Vs The Post Office, which put the human cost of the scandal back in the spotlight.
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