Mr Bates V's the Post Office

[Cyclops]

Watched the four episodes yesterday and was appalled by the story - of which I was aware.
The flashing Horizon router lights were particularly sinister.

One thing I don't understand is why the postmasters didn't run a manual audit for 24 hours and compare it to Horizon's figures.

All they needed was an opening balance (ie £0.00), a note of incomings and outgoings (ie stamps - £1.00) and a closing balance. That could then have been checked against the actual cash for accuracy.
Assuming everything balanced, that would have immediately proved there was a problem with the computer program.

[BLUETIT]

Watched the four episodes yesterday and was appalled by the story - of which I was aware.
The flashing Horizon router lights were particularly sinister.

One thing I don't understand is why the postmasters didn't run a manual audit for 24 hours and compare it to Horizon's figures.

All they needed was an opening balance (ie £0.00), a note of incomings and outgoings (ie stamps - £1.00) and a closing balance. That could then have been checked against the actual cash for accuracy.
Assuming everything balanced, that would have immediately proved there was a problem with the computer program.

This is what Alan Bates did and he said to the Post Office, “prove it”

He faced no charges, they just sacked him

[North Cardiff Blue]

Alan Bates has become an overnight success (after 20 years), yesterday he was on this morning, and Richard Branson gave him a holiday on his Island with first-class travel, and a top-end cruise on one of his ships, he was on all news stations and Newsnight. He was also being discussed in Westminster.

This story is going to run and run, and no doubt a lot more Fujitsu and post office Management are going to get dragged in.

Paula Vennells must be bricking it, up to 1,202,707, she would have got away with it if it wasn't for that pesky Alan Bates.

[BLUETIT]

Paula Vennells, earned £4.500,000 in the 8 years she was in office, £2,200,000, of it in performance enhanced bonuses !!!!!!

The Great Train Robbers got 30 year sentence’s, she should get the same, the hypocritical bitch

[North Cardiff Blue]

Paula Vennells, earned £4.500,000 in the 8 years she was in office, £2,200,000, of it in performance enhanced bonuses !!!!!!

The Great Train Robbers got 30 year sentence’s, she should get the same, the hypocritical bitch

Wow that is shocking and her cock ups are going to cost the post office hundreds of millions more in compensation, they should look to recover that money from her.

[BLUETIT]

Wow that is shocking and her cock ups are going to cost the post office hundreds of millions more in compensation, they should look to recover that money from her.

By the looks of her, she hasn’t had many “cock ups”

[North Cardiff Blue]

By the looks of her, she hasn’t had many “cock ups”