Post Office and Fujitsu had deal 19 years ago to fix Horizon errors, paper shows

In the long-running Post Office Horizon scandal branch operators were hounded for money, jailed and even pushed to suicide. Photograph: Lewis Stickley/PA

The Post Office made a confidential deal with Fujitsu 19 years ago to fix errors in post office operators’ accounts, a document has revealed.

The document casts doubt on claims made by the postal service that they were not aware of bugs that could cause accounting shortfalls.