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British Post Office scandal. The British Post Office scandal, also called the Horizon IT scandal, involved the Post Office pursuing thousands of innocent subpostmasters for apparent financial shortfalls caused by faults in Horizon, an accounting software system developed by Fujitsu. Between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 subpostmasters were ...
From 2018, having left the BBC, he started reporting the Bates & Others v Post Office Ltd trial on a dedicated blog, www.postofficetrial.com, having raised £9,000 through crowd-funding. He co-wrote Private Eye ' s 2020 report "Justice Lost in the Post". His book The Great Post Office Scandal was published in 2021.
Suzanne Sercombe. Sir Alan Bates (born 1954 or 1955) [1] is a former subpostmaster and a leading campaigner for victims of the British Post Office scandal, in which thousands of subpostmasters were accused of dishonesty when faulty Post Office accounting software created shortfalls in their accounts. After the Post Office terminated his ...
Post Office scandal victim to receive honour. July 8, 2024 at 5:48 PM. Noel Thomas was locked up for false accounting in 2006 after his books fell short by £48,000 [PA Media]
The majority of Post Office witnesses at the inquiry have not been able to recall much about their time at the company as the scandal unfolded and subpostmasters are hoping Ms Vennells will shed ...
The scandal has resurfaced following the release of the ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office. ... miscarriage of justice in UK history. The scandal has recently come back into the spotlight ...
British. Timothy Charles Parker (born 19 June 1955) [1] is a British executive. He has been chairman of the National Trust, Post Office Ltd and Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS). From 1986 to 2014 he was CEO of a number of companies, including successively Kenwood, Clarks Shoes, Kwik-Fit, the AA and Samsonite.
Bates learned of knighthood at Post Office inquiry. I played a hero in Post Office drama, says Toby Jones. Sir Alan lost his Post Office contract in 2003 over false claims there were cash ...