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2023
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Post Office Scandal – The Inside Story – live talk tickets on sale now
I’m coming to see you Hi everyone I mentioned in my last newsletter that I was going to be doing some Post Office talks next year. I am delighted to tell you that nineteen dates have been confirmed (England only, I’m afraid) and tickets are on sale now. You can peruse your options here. As…
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The Great Post Office Trial Eps 13 – 17 – starts Monday
Lend me your ears… Hi everyone Just a quick one as I’ve bothered you enough over the last week. Please do listen out for the next five episodes of The Great Post Office Trial, which will be broadcast at 1.45pm (after the World At One) every weekday next week. They are just 15 minutes long…
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Public Inquiry: the Wading Through Treacle phase
What the Subpostmasters were up against Hi I’ve spent the day tinkering with the Post Office Scandal website, re-opening the tip jar and writing up yesterday’s extraordinary evidence at the Inquiry. It wasn’t just extraordinary thanks to Elaine Cottam, the woman pictured above. The Post Office contributed to the general sense of astonishment by managing…
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Calling former Subpostmasters, managers and Post Office employees…
Exeter University needs you Professor Richard Moorhead will be known to some of you. He writes a well-regarded legal ethics blog (“Lawyer Watch”) and a free substack site dedicated to matters arising from the Post Office Horizon scandal. He is also a member of the Horizon Compensation Advisory Board. In addition to this Prof Moorhead…
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The Stamp of Innocence: Noel’s book is published in English!
Special podcast episode! Hello everyone I am delighted to tell you that the English language version of Noel (and Sian) Thomas’s book The Stamp of Innocence is finally available as an e-book via Amazon. To mark this auspicious occasion, I interview Noel and his ghostwriter Aled Gwyn Jôb about the book and its Welsh language…
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Wendy Cousins: ITV Evening News tonight
A family’s fight Hi everyone Apologies for the radio silence. This is the first in what might be a little flurry of newsletters. I’ve been working on multiple Post Office-related projects which are starting to come to fruition. The piece I mentioned in the last newsletter featuring Wendy Cousins’ family is going out on ITV…
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John Scott: Beam Him Up
Former PO Security chief gives evidence Hi everyone It’s sometimes a little bit too easy to watch the Inquiry at home – listening along on double speed catch up whilst doing household chores or taking notes. I wanted to be in the room today for John Scott – the Post Office’s former Head of Security,…
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Killing with cruelty – the Lee Castleton case
No fun, no games Apologies for troubling you twice in a week. I wasn’t aiming to write much, but I’ve put up two blog posts you might be interested in and there has been quite a bit of journalistic activity elsewhere. Former Post Office auditor, investigator and disclosure officer Helen Rose gave evidence on Tuesday.…
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Govt offers £600,000 compensation to Subpostmasters and Inquiry re-starts today
Offer branded “cruel” by leading KC Hi everyone Hope you are all keeping well. Here is my write up of the govt’s £600k compensation offer to certain Subpostmasters. It’s got links to some relevant information and quotes from various parties. If you’re interested on what happens behind the scenes on a day like yesterday, read…
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Disclosure, datclosure
Hello, Aldwych. And so it was back to Aldwych House in London to see what fresh horrors would be revealed about the Post Office scandal. Today’s hearing, the first after the summer break, was not about who gave which orders to prosecute whom or shred what, nor were we there to find out why Subpostmasters…