How can the courts and judges convict the Post Masters/Mistresses without any proof that they had taken any money? Surely if they had taken thousands of pounds it would be traceable through their bank accounts. It wasn't cash they were accused of stealing!

At the 45 minute mark, P. Vennells still blowing smoke.  Trusting that since most people don’t understand how computer programming works, she can say anything…and always using the word “robust”, which essentially means (legally) nothing…much like “world’s greatest”, or “all natural”.

My prediction for what it's worth is that immediately after the end of the enquiry arrests will be made. Vennells, Van de Bogerd and Crichton for starters. Then who knows how many more, it's a proper rats nest.

It’s incredible to me that POL’s position was that a networked system could not be accessed remotely. Of course it is, it’s why it’s networked in the first place.

That makes zero sense as a non networked system would make all system maintenance, bug fixes and upgrades would be done manually. It’s the very first question to ask, if reconciliations came back with different balances.

Also a networked system has detailed logs per node of every person, every change or routines run on and through that node. It’s a hour’s work to map the logs to the reported variances.

But they kept denying that the oblivious was not in any way a weakness and most likely the root cause.

Marry that with the number of people raising support requests and concerns about their close of business totals being different to the system’s record.

Again, it is too widespread and frequent NOT to question the system. But they went straight for the prosecutions against hundreds of people.

As Bates said in yesterday’s hearing, the POL exec acted “like thugs in suits.”

The barrister is magnificent 🎉

This is an excellent interview with Lord Arbuthnet, in which he  pinpoints the issues clearly.

Thanks for posting.  Great front row seat  on an horrendous behind the scenes skullduggery on the part of The Post Office

The barrister is most definitely a master...they all are in their own delivery including the top guy interjecting to clarify etc....impressive stuff but I do hope it comes to a just end for all!

Never has so much public money being spent on a white wash.

James Arbuthnot is nothing short of a hero!

Someone high up in the government ( definitely ‘high’) must have believed that the Post  Office needed to be profitable. ( Government service industries rarely are.) So they decided to go after the Postmasters in the fantasy that they were thieving, or hoping they would keep paying the ‘shortages’, in order to protect their job, reputation. Despicable!!

how strange every questions asked   he has answered . everyone else cant remember

What time doe,s it start again

Crown Post offices also use Horizon yet seem suspiciously 'squeaky clean' - If Fujitsu went bust then so would the Post Office and immediately so. It will be the Taxpayer who coughs up,  more potholes for UK citizens than a string vest. Vennells and Co. will all be in an Open Prison for a year, and will not have to relinquish any of their bonuses or salaries.

I like this KC Beer who’s running the show for the crown. Watched all of yesterday’s meeting and he’s impressive.

WHO'S NEXT? HMRC?

If only the Tories had made Arbuthnot their leader...........

Will the likes of Vennells and the rest of the senior parties involved from PO, Fujitsu and the Government be made to give evidence under oath? If not, why not?

Happy Eid Mubarak ✨️ 💖 💓