Anyone just watched Mr Bates v the Post Office? *GNHQ tweaked the title*

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If this had been a police investigation surely one of the first things to happen would have been in depth searches of everybody's bank accounts. The sight of someone sitting in front of a woman who has nothing left and just saying "Where is the £36,000?" beggars believe. Why would anyone remortgage their house if they had thousands stashed away?

I binged those series as it was so good. I had a lump in my throat and tear in my eye as I felt the frustration and sheer helplessness of those poor people.
So angry with the way the 'establishment' behaves and gets away with so much😡

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I’ve been reading a more detailed account of the case on another news outlet and this paragraph stood out:

“To this day, not a single Post Office or Fujitsu employee has been held to account over the scandal, much less faced criminal investigation. And 60 of the victims have died before finding any justice at all.”

“To this day, not a single Post Office or Fujitsu employee has been held to account over the scandal, much less faced criminal investigation. And 60 of the victims have died before finding any justice at all.”

This is unbearable, isn't it?

One has to ask... why not?

Meanwhile, Fujitsu said it was "committed to providing the fullest and most transparent information so that key lessons are learned for the future". (BBC News)

... so - they are going to "learn" those lessons that we are so often told about.

I suppose they will also talk about how they "missed opportunities" at some point, too.

The cases constitute the most widespread miscarriage of justice in British legal history. (BBC).

Sickening.

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Well done, ITV, for bringing this miscarriage of justice to the fore again.

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I’m afraid you give the police too much credence. These are the same people who believed Carl Beech when he named several decent innocent high profile men of belonging to a paedeophile ring. Never once did they look at his personal computer which would have shown what a disgusting low life he is.
The Post Office lawyers would have run rings round them. They are woefully lacking in tech skills.

Paula Vennells needs to be prosecuted.

Where is all the money coming from to pay compensation to all the people they have wronged?

I think this will finish the Post Office.

A forensic accountant experienced in cyber crime would surely have been able to establish that this missing money never existed in reality if given access to the systems.

However, that would have required the co-operation of Fujitsu and of senior managers in the Post Office who were determined that neither the computer system nor they themselves were to blame in any way.

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I’ve signed the petition but is anyone else having problems trying to share it to Facebook? I keep getting an error message.

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Heartbreaking how ordinary people have no power. I can relate personally.

Heartbreaking to watch... I'm also concerned, especially after tonight's episode, that Fujitsu supplied a key govt dept I worked in with its computer system.....

It is a fine dramatisation on itv, but the scandal has been public knowledge for some time. Why has no minister responsible for the post office, or any prime minister (we've had enough of them), had the guts to instruct the Post Office to look at the average compensation paid so far, and pay that amount immediately to all those still seeking compensation, leaving it open for them to claim more if they feel it justified? Why has there been no general overturning of convictions, since the PO and its legal representatives were misleading the courts in every case?

www.gov.uk/government/news/compensation-paid-to-over-2700-claimants-across-post-office-compensation-schemes#:~:text=The%20full%202%2C417%20postmasters%20who,initial%20offer%20was%20not%20accepted.

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Have only managed to watch the first episode so far and can only echo what others have said.

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Absolutely disgraceful. The PO managers responsible should face criminal prosecution. The selling off of public utilities by the Tories has led to profit and saving market face being the gods rather than service to the public. The PO and Royal Mail should be nationalised.