POST OFFICE BOSS WHO BLAMED “SUBBIES” UNAWARE OF PROSECUTIONS
Alan Cook, a former Post Office boss, claimed that “subbies” had “their hands in the till” when cash was missing at their branches. Cook, who was managing director from 2006-2010, told the Horizon IT inquiry that he was unaware that the Post Office was the prosecuting authority. Instead, he assumed Continue Reading
Government Help is trying to ease Energy Prices
The government is providing £400 to help households with rising fuel bills. Customers paying by direct debit or “smart” prepayment devices will receive the money automatically, while others will receive a voucher they can redeem at a local Post Office. More than four million households use prepayment meters in Britain, Continue Reading
The Post Office Scandal – The UK’s Biggest Legal Miscarriage of Justice
The British Post Office scandal involved 736 prosecutions of sub-postmasters for theft, false accounting and/or fraud. The prosecutions resulted in criminal convictions, false confessions, imprisonments, defamation, loss of livelihood, bankruptcy, divorce, and suicide. In 1999, International Computers Limited (ICL) company ‘Fujistsu’ introduced the Horizon Computer System for the publicly-owned Post Continue Reading
Father’s Day Letter Addressed to Heaven returned by Postman
A mother whose eight-year-old daughter posted a Father’s Day letter addressed to her dad in heaven said she was overwhelmed when it was returned to her by a postman. The postman, who recently lost his own father, managed to track down Sarah Tully after a social media appeal. He said Continue Reading