Post Office picked comments backing Horizon IT system from damning judgment, emails show

Company tried to convince police to take action against a post office operator this year, it has emerged

The Post Office tried to use selective positive comments about the reliability of the Horizon IT system from a damning high court judgment to try to get police to review a decision not to launch criminal proceedings against an operator earlier this year, it has emerged.

More than 550 post office operators - including Alan Bates and Jo Hamilton who were portrayed in the hit ITV drama on the Horizon IT scandal - were vindicated in 2019 when a 400-page judgment found the faulty system relied upon to secure the convictions was not remotely robust" and the Post Office agreed to pay 58m to settle the claims.