Post Office scandal: ex-Fujitsu engineer accused of ‘hiding’ IT problems

Lawyers acting for victims of Horizon IT scandal accuse Gareth Jenkins of protecting out of control monster'

A former Fujitsu engineer has been accused by a lawyer acting for victims of the Post Office scandal of hiding" problems with the Horizon IT system to protect the out of control monster", a public inquiry heard.

Gareth Jenkins, formerly a senior engineer at Fujitsu, which developed the Horizon IT system, faced tough questioning by lawyers acting for post office operators caught up in the scandal, which has been described as one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in recent history.