A “Lack Of Common Sense” To Believe Horizon Software Was “Error-Free”
Post Office scandal campaigner Lord Arbuthnot says it was a “lack of common sense” to believe the Horizon software was “error-free”.
This comes after a former managing director of the Post Office has said he understands the “anger and upset caused” after appearing to celebrate the conviction of a pregnant subpostmistress who was eventually jailed.
David Smith told the Horizon IT inquiry he acknowledged the “substantial distress” he had caused after telling the Post Office staff the result of Seema Misra’s trial was “brilliant news”.
Mrs Misra began running a Post Office in West Byfleet, Surrey, in 2005, but was suspended in 2008 after being accused of stealing £74,000.
Lord Arbuthnot says: “What on earth were they thinking about these people who they vetted as community leaders, suddenly turning into a bunch of criminals?”
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Credit to : The Julia Hartley-Brewer Show on TalkTV