exclusive report. the post office hired independent forensic accountants second sight to investigate complaints that its horizon computer system generated false evidence of cash shortfalls used to prosecute subpostmasters. oh, my god. it.it s just doubled right in front of my eyes. they found evidence of computer bugs doing just that in 76 branches and told the post office in july 2013. but instead of coming clean, the post office kept insisting in public their system was robust, while in private, it agreed a plan to take second sight off the case. this envelope contains documents that post office bosses didn t want you, the public, to see minutes of a subcommittee of a post office board that were kept from subpostmasters as they fought their way through the courts. they were eventually released a few years later with heavy redactions. look at those blacked out passages. i ve got hold of the unredacted version and they show exactly what was going on and who knew about it. s
than talking to you. we have better| communication, we have overhauled the system. communication, we have overhauled the system, there is no system failure the system, there is no system failure we the system, there is no system failure we are aware of, and when a bu- failure we are aware of, and when a bug does failure we are aware of, and when a bug does 0k, we contact all postmasters, we explain what the potential postmasters, we explain what the potential impact might be, so the system potential impact might be, so the system bears no relation whatsoever to the system bears no relation whatsoever to the old system bears no relation whatsoever to the old system. do system bears no relation whatsoever to the old system. to the old system. do you require shortfalls to to the old system. do you require shortfalls to be to the old system. do you require shortfalls to be made to the old system. do you require shortfalls to be made up - to the old system. do
hello, i m balvinder gill. i was a sub postmaster until i was wrongly suspended by the post office and made bankrupt. what does the promise to clear and compensate victims of the post office scandal mean for me? balvinder gill is here along with four other subpostmasters. they ll give their reaction live tonight to today s news that they will finally be cleared but will everyone be helped? the minister responsible tells us the budget for compensation is £1 billion. is he sorry it s taken so long? it s terrible, i apologise to all those people, i think over 60 people, and this has been going on for over 20 years, probably 2a, 25 years now. who does he think should pay the bill taxpayers or fujitsu, who delivered the faulty horizon software? plus tonight, the man who was employed by the post office to investigate horizon software and who found it faulty as far back as 2013. good evening. it feels like theft but it was more like systematic abuse the words of this po
issue. then there was the concerns looking forward. m0. issue. then there was the concerns looking forward. . . issue. then there was the concerns looking forward. no, no, what you are saying looking forward. no, no, what you are saying here looking forward. no, no, what you are saying here is looking forward. no, no, what you are saying here is that looking forward. no, no, what you are saying here is that you - looking forward. no, no, what you are saying here is that you are - are saying here is that you are right. are saying here is that you are right, mark. we will put the past behind right, mark. we will put the past behind us right, mark. we will put the past behind us. we won t look at past cases behind us. we won t look at past cases we behind us. we won t look at past cases. we will focus on the future. that isn t cases. we will focus on the future. that isn t what happened. that simply isn t the case because the scheme was open to past cases. th