I showed Post Office their IT faults in 1998 – they prosecuted people anyway
I showed Post Office their IT faults in 1998 – they prosecuted people anyway
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I showed Post Office their IT faults in 1998 – they prosecuted people anyway
I showed Post Office their IT faults in 1998 – they prosecuted people anyway
Posted by theipaper
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An IT expert claims he told [Post Office](https://inews.co.uk/news/post-office-denied-capture-it-system-defective-despite-faults-2894036?ico=in-line_link) bosses almost 30 years ago that their first computer system was faulty and should not be used to prosecute people – but was ignored.
Adrian Montagu, 77, was instructed as a defence witness by Patricia Owen, a sub-postmistress who was convicted of stealing £2,178 from her branch in 1998.
She died in 2003 but her family have always insisted she was innocent and vowed to clear her name.
They believe Capture, a piece of software rolled out to Post Office branches in the 1990s, produced unexplained shortfalls and was to blame.
Ms Owen’s case is one of 29 prosecutions currently being investigated by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), the only body with the power to refer them to the Court of Appeal, to be quashed.
Thanks to Mr Montagu’s hidden evidence, her family finally have hope that her conviction will be overturned.
It follows months of reporting by[ *The i Paper*](https://inews.co.uk/news/post-office-miscarriage-justice-cases-double-second-it-scandal-3554576?ico=in-line_link) on claims dozens of sub-postmasters were [wrongly convicted](https://inews.co.uk/news/after-25-years-post-office-finally-issues-first-apology-to-a-capture-victim-3563104?ico=in-line_link) in a scandal that predated the [notorious Horizon system](https://inews.co.uk/news/how-post-office-horizon-it-system-failed-2846064?ico=in-line_link).
The Government has now accepted Capture was faulty and will open a new [compensation](https://inews.co.uk/news/post-office-capture-victims-wait-treasury-sign-off-10k-recognition-payments-3678554?srsltid=AfmBOoqU727sNm63Z-l55YOg6L_18UzpUK-MrwrUC6zzffLbLUfWx0Rt&ico=in-line_link) scheme for those affected this autumn.
But those who criminally prosecuted by the Post Office will not be able to apply unless their convictions are overturned.
Government lies and cover ups. Their MO.. “**Delay and lie until they die**”
Add it to the list…
Contaminated blood scandal.
Nuclear tests, locals in Australia and South Pacific plus army personnel.
Jesus fucking Christ.
Sometimes I think those in power don’t have out best interests at heart.
Have the Government coughed up for this, or are they still delaying.
I do not understand how this reached the point of people going to prison. Why weren’t some of software developers, not managers, called as witnesses? I’m a software dev: I can absolutely tell you what parts of the software I work on I trust to be right and what parts I do not. I’ve no doubt the same goes for Horizon.
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