Overview
- Lord Arbuthnot accuses Post Office executives of misleading Parliament and covering up faults in the Horizon system to protect the organization.
- Emails and witness statements reveal Post Office staff feared career repercussions for admitting system errors.
- Over 700 subpostmasters were wrongly prosecuted due to faults in the Horizon system, leading to significant personal and financial hardships.
- Government and Post Office executives blamed subpostmasters, suggesting theft due to 'temptation' rather than acknowledging IT failures.
- Hundreds of affected subpostmasters are still awaiting compensation despite government promises of redress.