Post office operator wrongly jailed while pregnant rejects executive’s apology

Managing director David Smith emailed team in 2010 to say Seema Misra's conviction was brilliant news'

A post office operator who was wrongly prosecuted while pregnant has rejected a Post Office executive's apology for having sent an email celebrating her conviction as brilliant news".

The inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal heard that David Smith, who was managing director of the Post Office for seven months during 2010, sent the email to his team after learning that Seema Misra had been convicted.