{"id":81797,"date":"2024-06-26T16:03:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T16:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/26\/horizon-expert-gave-evidence-based-on-informal-chats\/"},"modified":"2024-06-26T16:03:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T16:03:00","slug":"horizon-expert-gave-evidence-based-on-informal-chats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/26\/horizon-expert-gave-evidence-based-on-informal-chats\/","title":{"rendered":"Horizon expert ‘gave evidence based on informal chats’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Fujitsu software engineer Gareth Jenkins has said he gave evidence in the prosecution of former sub-postmasters based on “informal chats”.<\/p>\n

Mr Jenkins had testified that “remote access” to sub-postmaster computers was not possible when in fact it was – something that may have undermined their defence in court. <\/p>\n

Between 1999 and 2015 more than 700 sub-postmasters were prosecuted for fraud and theft by the Post Office based on faulty data from Fujitsu’s Horizon accounting system.<\/p>\n

Mr Jenkins, who helped to develop the system, was being questioned for a second day at an inquiry into the scandal. <\/p>\n

On Tuesday he apologised for his role in the wrongful conviction of a subpostmistress who was jailed for theft when she was eight weeks pregnant. <\/p>\n

However, Seema Misra told the BBC that the statement from Mr Jenkins was “too little, too late”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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At the inquiry on Wednesday, lead counsel Jason Beer asked Mr Jenkins a series of questions about how much he knew about Fujitsu’s ability to remotely access sub-postmaster computers.<\/p>\n

In its prosecutions, the Post Office had argued that Horizon could not be accessed remotely by any other party. <\/p>\n

This showed that accused subpostmasters must have been responsible for the shortfalls in their accounts, it said. <\/p>\n

But this turned out to be untrue, depriving those accused of an important line of defence. <\/p>\n

Remote access was not only possible by Fujitsu’s engineers, it could be done without leaving any trace, in a way that was indistinguishable from changes made by subpostmasters.<\/p>\n

Mr Jenkins told Mr Beer he had only found this out in 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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