Unauthorised payments were awarded for executives who succeeded in supplying 'all required evidence and information on time' to the inquiry which is examining the largest case of wrongful conviction in British history
after discrepancies were found in Post Office accounts. Many were found guilty and spent time in prison.
Letters between the Post Office and inquiry representatives published on Friday reveal that “remunerations” were awarded for the executives who succeeded in supplying “all required evidence and information on time”. After a solicitor to the inquiry, Segun Jide, wrote to the Post Office to seek clarification on this, Mr Read, apologised and said he would return his bonus.
“Our clear intent remains to offer full and fair compensation as quickly as possible and we are doing all we can to work with the Government to achieve that. Horizon was introduced into the Post Office network from 1999. The system was used for tasks such as transactions, accounting and stocktaking.
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