The Post Office’s legal chief has denied he ever regarded branch operators as “guilty until proven innocent”, as alleged in an internal email written by a former chair, the inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal has heard.
Ben Foat, the general counsel at the Post Office who has been on leave owing to a combination of ill health and preparation for his appearance at the public inquiry, said the issue had been “whipped up” by the former chair Henry Staunton.
