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Did you work for the Post Office or Fujitsu?
Hello secret emailers It’s been an interesting couple of weeks. Normally journalists approach me looking for context or contact details for claimant Subpostmasters. At the moment everyone is trying to find someone from within the Post Office or Fujitsu who might now be willing to speak about their experience of working on Horizon, or dealing…
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Happy New Year!
Hello all I hope you had a relaxing festive period. Before we go any further, this email was mainly to let you know I’ve put up a piece on the judge’s comments in court on 16 Dec as I now have the transcript of what he said. My thanks to barrister Stephen Mason who approached…
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Is Paula Vennells a Fit and Proper Person?
Twas the night before Christmas… If I had any design skills I’d put some snow on the secret email logo, but I don’t. Apologies. I am feeling quite festive, though. Have you got your presents wrapped? There was so much going on this week I knew I would be writing to you again before everything…
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NFSP crawls out from under its rock
Hello secret emailers. I am sorry if some of you are having problems donating. Apparently the paypal button at the bottom of this newsletter just takes you to a generic paypal page. I’m going to re-install it and see what happens. If you could try if for me (you don’t have to donate anything, just…
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Independent investigator castigates Post Office systems
Ron Warmington speaks! Hello secret emailers. It’s been an exhausting few days and I’ve rather run out of steam so I will quickly point you in the direction of some work I have done since the judgment on Monday. Ron Warmington, managing director of Second Sight, the forensic accountants engaged by the Post Office to…
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They did it.
Hello secret emailers. I am really sorry this is so late. There has been a lot to do. I started work yesterday at 9am at Wogan House (home of BBC Radio 2) where I did a piece about the Post Office trial for BBC Sussex and Surrey on the Danny Pike show. Danny and I…
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Ever felt sorry for a judge?
Before I start on the imminent judgment: a producer for BBC Three Counties called Phil Catchpole has just got in touch. If you are a claimant in the Beds, Herts or Bucks area and would like to take part in a pre-recorded radio interview about the litigation settlement, please email phil.catchpole@bbc.co.uk or call/text 07979 967…
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Or is it?
How far does £58m go? At 9am this morning the claimant Subpostmasters and the Post Office issued a joint statement announcing they had settled their differences. You can read it here. I spent the rest of the day on the phone (whilst also trying to report the conclusion of a murder trial at the Old…
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It’s all over!
Well this is a turn up for the books. At 9am this morning the claimants Subpostmasters and the Post Office issued a joint statement. You can read it here. I have lots of questions, as I suspect you do. I am going to go away and ask them and see what answers I can find…
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Horizon judgment date announced (resend)
Event Horizon: 16 December 2019 Hi all (resending so you might get this twice) The managing judge in the Bates and others v Post Office has indicated the Horizon Issues trial judgment will be handed down at 2pm on Monday 16 December at the High Court’s Rolls Building in London. The specific courtroom has yet…