The chief executive of the Post Office has said that no employee is “above the law” and denied that there are “untouchables” within the organisation who will never face disciplinary action over the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of post office operators.
The public inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal had heard that Nick Read, who joined as chief executive in 2019 with a pledge to “right the wrongs of the past”, has used the phrase “untouchables” on multiple occasions.
