Archibald Knox
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I am surprised we have not yet had a thread on the Post Office scandal.
It’s being described as the biggest miscarriage of justice in many decades.
There were dozens of senior people in the Royal Mail, such as the CEO, board directors, senior managers and PO investigators (who have powers similar to the police) who conspired to maliciously prosecute innocent subpostmasters for theft, even when they knew the evidence was corrupt and the charges false because the Horizon IT system was the cause.
I wonder if they will eventually be tracked down and charged for their misdeeds? Such as those who decided on prosecution and those who lied on oath in the witness box? What the hell were the various Postmasters General in the different governments doing?
So far, the Post Office elite seem only to have been given large bonuses, pensions and gongs like the CBE given to ex-CEO Vennells in 2019 ! While the innocent (over 740) were sent to jail, had all their assets seized, lost homes, livelihoods and reputations and in 4 documented cases committed suicide.
This is what really embarrasses this country. Corruption and incompetence hand in hand.
It’s being described as the biggest miscarriage of justice in many decades.
Wrongly convicted Post Office workers say former bosses should face jail
Victims of scandal give evidence on second day of inquiry into human impact of Horizon IT system failings
www.theguardian.com
There were dozens of senior people in the Royal Mail, such as the CEO, board directors, senior managers and PO investigators (who have powers similar to the police) who conspired to maliciously prosecute innocent subpostmasters for theft, even when they knew the evidence was corrupt and the charges false because the Horizon IT system was the cause.
I wonder if they will eventually be tracked down and charged for their misdeeds? Such as those who decided on prosecution and those who lied on oath in the witness box? What the hell were the various Postmasters General in the different governments doing?
So far, the Post Office elite seem only to have been given large bonuses, pensions and gongs like the CBE given to ex-CEO Vennells in 2019 ! While the innocent (over 740) were sent to jail, had all their assets seized, lost homes, livelihoods and reputations and in 4 documented cases committed suicide.
This is what really embarrasses this country. Corruption and incompetence hand in hand.
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