Upon reading the headline I thought he might just be using this as an excuse to try to get his conviction overturned, but
>has always maintained his innocence.
>Evidence from the Horizon IT system and the Post Office helped convict him after prosecutors said he had been stealing money from his branch
>He told police a man forced him to open his Post Office safe at gunpoint and hand over £16,000 before he was able to run upstairs where he discovered his wife’s body.
>But the jury didn’t believe him. The prosecution said he had staged the robbery and had been stealing money from his branch, and then killed Diana to cover it up, fearing he was about to be discovered
>There was no physical evidence linking him to the murder
>A key plank of the case against him was based on data from the Horizon system
>Two Post Office witnesses testified against him, relying on data from the Horizon computer system.
Looks like he has a real case. This will be interesting to follow.
limeflavoured on
>There was no physical evidence linking him to the murder
So essentially a jury believed that he killed someone based solely on a computer saying g he stole money?
SpeedWobbles87 on
What are good ways to cost the post office money? Pointless returns stuff like that, fake stamps? I like petty 🙂
EdmundTheInsulter on
Sounds like err, a dead woman may lose justice. Does it sound likely that robbers would simply execute a woman? Likely not.
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Upon reading the headline I thought he might just be using this as an excuse to try to get his conviction overturned, but
>has always maintained his innocence.
>Evidence from the Horizon IT system and the Post Office helped convict him after prosecutors said he had been stealing money from his branch
>He told police a man forced him to open his Post Office safe at gunpoint and hand over £16,000 before he was able to run upstairs where he discovered his wife’s body.
>But the jury didn’t believe him. The prosecution said he had staged the robbery and had been stealing money from his branch, and then killed Diana to cover it up, fearing he was about to be discovered
>There was no physical evidence linking him to the murder
>A key plank of the case against him was based on data from the Horizon system
>Two Post Office witnesses testified against him, relying on data from the Horizon computer system.
Looks like he has a real case. This will be interesting to follow.
>There was no physical evidence linking him to the murder
So essentially a jury believed that he killed someone based solely on a computer saying g he stole money?
What are good ways to cost the post office money? Pointless returns stuff like that, fake stamps? I like petty 🙂
Sounds like err, a dead woman may lose justice. Does it sound likely that robbers would simply execute a woman? Likely not.