Post Office Lawyer Denies Covering Up IT System Flaws Amid Inquiry

Jarnail Singh, a former senior lawyer at the Post Office, refuted allegations of concealing knowledge about IT issues that led to wrongful prosecutions of sub-postmasters.

During a public inquiry, Jarnail Singh was accused of withholding an email that highlighted bugs in the Post Office's Horizon IT system, which were linked to financial discrepancies.
The email, which emerged days before the trial of Seema Misra in 2010, was not disclosed to defense lawyers, raising questions about Singh's honesty and the integrity of the prosecution.
Singh denied seeing or remembering the email and contested the claims that he was aware of the IT bugs before they were officially reported in 2013.
The inquiry scrutinizes the role of the Post Office's legal team in the miscarriage of justice that affected hundreds of sub-postmasters, leading to wrongful convictions.
The scandal has led to over 700 overturned convictions and ongoing government compensation efforts for affected sub-postmasters.