Post Office asked to use Horizon IT data to support criminal case this year, inquiry hears

Inquiry reveals angry email from Fujitsu boss after team requested IT firm for help in case against sub-post office owner

The Post Office attempted to use Horizon IT data to support a criminal case against a post office owner earlier this year, despite hundreds of post office operators being wrongfully prosecuted for theft, fraud and false accounting because of bugs in the system.

A chain of email correspondence between the Post Office and the Horizon developer, Fujitsu, relating to a police investigation into a potential criminal case involving a “large sum of money” against a sub-post office operator was shown at the public inquiry into the scandal on Tuesday.