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Ex-Post Office investigator: I was not technically minded

A former Post Office investigator admitted to the Horizon IT scandal inquiry that he lacked technical expertise and was not qualified to identify errors in the system.

11 January 2024 · 22:14 UTC

Stephen Bradshaw, who participated in the prosecution of nine sub-postmasters, acknowledged being aware of software issues but deferred to his superiors for such matters.

From 1999 to 2015, the Post Office wrongly prosecuted 700 personnel due to the defective Horizon IT system.