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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ted Hennessey

Wrongly accused subpostmaster said he ‘knew something was wrong with the system’

PA Wire

A subpostmaster wrongly accused of false accounting has tearfully told an inquiry of how he was left to pick up the bill of £17,000 due to flaws within the Post Office system.

Between 2000 and 2014, more than 700 subpostmasters and subpostmistresses (SPMs) were prosecuted based on information from the Horizon system, installed and maintained by Fujitsu.

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