Mr Bates vs The Post Office
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tamore said:
really looking forward to this, and hope it gets the story back in the public conscience.
how nobody from the post office or fujitsu is doing a stretch is beyond me. they have ruined multiple lives, and it's been blamed directly for 4 suicides.
.. because big organisations look after their own and the whole system is corrupt. The very fact that it's got so little news coverage (relative to the size of the scandal) is itself telling that important people are covering their behinds.how nobody from the post office or fujitsu is doing a stretch is beyond me. they have ruined multiple lives, and it's been blamed directly for 4 suicides.
I follow this chap and he has written a superb book
https://www.postofficescandal.uk/
Hopefully justice one day for those who knew
https://www.postofficescandal.uk/
Hopefully justice one day for those who knew
Lucas Ayde said:
tamore said:
really looking forward to this, and hope it gets the story back in the public conscience.
how nobody from the post office or fujitsu is doing a stretch is beyond me. they have ruined multiple lives, and it's been blamed directly for 4 suicides.
.. because big organisations look after their own and the whole system is corrupt. The very fact that it's got so little news coverage (relative to the size of the scandal) is itself telling that important people are covering their behinds.how nobody from the post office or fujitsu is doing a stretch is beyond me. they have ruined multiple lives, and it's been blamed directly for 4 suicides.
DeejRC said:
It was the major headline news on all the major BBC & ITN & SKY news bulletins when the scandal was broken and the court judgements wasn’t it? That’s not exactly hidden away…
It's a massive scandal and has been running for years with more and more egregious revelations coming out during the inquiry and various court actions. Yet the average person has heard little of it and at most knows that there was some sort of scandal around postmasters and a dodgy computer system.The ironic thing is because it has been so shocking that it's inspired a piece of drama to be created about it which is more likely to inform the public than the so called 'news media' have.
Luckily some independent journalists and commentators have been documenting it:
https://www.postofficescandal.uk/
SydneyBridge said:
I follow this chap and he has written a superb book
https://www.postofficescandal.uk/
Hopefully justice one day for those who knew
Not going to happen unless there is a massive public outcry to put pressure on politicians and that's not gonna happen so long as the details keep going unreported in the mainstream.https://www.postofficescandal.uk/
Hopefully justice one day for those who knew
Maybe this drama will pique public interest.
knowledge that the system was faulty and continuing to prosecute innocent people and ruining their lives. indeed, directly driving at least 4 to end their lives, i'd go corp manslaughter?
looks like the post i was replying to was deleted before i pressed submit. was questioning what the execs actually did wrong.
looks like the post i was replying to was deleted before i pressed submit. was questioning what the execs actually did wrong.
Edited by tamore on Monday 1st January 15:26
tamore said:
knowledge that the system was faulty and continuing to prosecute innocent people and ruining their lives. indeed, directly driving at least 4 to end their lives, i'd go corp manslaughter?
looks like the post i was replying to was deleted before i pressed submit. was questioning what the execs actually did wrong.
Corporate manslaughter's a waste of time, it punishes the company not individuals. I can't believe that anyone could think that their organisation had 700 corrupt/dishonest people in charge of their post offices. The people should go to jail.looks like the post i was replying to was deleted before i pressed submit. was questioning what the execs actually did wrong.
Edited by tamore on Monday 1st January 15:26
lornemalvo said:
tamore said:
knowledge that the system was faulty and continuing to prosecute innocent people and ruining their lives. indeed, directly driving at least 4 to end their lives, i'd go corp manslaughter?
looks like the post i was replying to was deleted before i pressed submit. was questioning what the execs actually did wrong.
Corporate manslaughter's a waste of time, it punishes the company not individuals. I can't believe that anyone could think that their organisation had 700 corrupt/dishonest people in charge of their post offices. The people should go to jail.looks like the post i was replying to was deleted before i pressed submit. was questioning what the execs actually did wrong.
Edited by tamore on Monday 1st January 15:26
SydneyBridge said:
It was assumed that the computer system could not possibly be wrong
Yet when they found out it was faulty those that controlled the Post Office and that IT system did everything they could to bury the facts.Many of those involved will never face trial for the false accusations that led to prison sentences, divorces, loss of homes and worse still, suicides.
That in itself is a national scandal.
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