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Post Office inquiry chairman in tense exchange over ‘unfounded’ Horizon claims

Source: PA Media

The chairman of the Horizon IT inquiry engaged in a tense exchange with a former Post Office investigator after the probe was told he believed a subpostmaster’s complaints about the faulty system were “unfounded”.

Sir Wyn Williams asked Robert Daily “how does that square with your duty to investigate lines of inquiry which are raised before you?” after the former investigator said it did not cross his mind that a subpostmaster’s loss could have been generated by a computer.

On Tuesday, Mr Daily said the Post Office “constantly” told investigators that the Horizon system was

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