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The head of a nationwide operation has announced that “Dozens of people” at the Post Office and Fujitsu are under police investigation.
Approximately 100 officers are examining potential suspects and their involvement in the Post Office scandal, which saw hundreds of sub-postmasters wrongly prosecuted for theft from their branches between 1999 and 2015 due to accounting errors caused by faulty Horizon software.
In a recent update, senior Metropolitan Police officers and victims, including Sir Alan Bates, were informed that officers are reviewing 1.5 million documents and thousands of victims. Commander Stephen Clayman, who is leading Operation Olympos, stated that “dozens” of individuals at the Post Office and Fujitsu are being investigated.
He added: “We will go where the evidence takes us… our ongoing goal is the pursuit of justice”. So far, three people have been interviewed under caution, with plans to question more suspects in 2025.
Last month, Sky News reported that four suspects were being investigated for perverting the course of justice and perjury. If the Criminal Prosecution Service determines that the standard of evidence has been met, any potential trial would not take place until at least 2027.
Jess Kaur, a former sub-postmistress from Aldridge in the West Midlands, was falsely accused of 36 counts of theft from her Post Office. She suffered a mental breakdown and attempted suicide as a result, reports the Express.
Ms Kaur labelled it “disgusting” that a trial would be years away but acknowledged the complexity of the police investigation. She said, “There’s not just one or two of them [to investigate] so it will take time,” and added with the hope that police conduct a thorough job: “I hope they do a good job, we don’t want to rush them.”
Nevertheless, she pointed out the contrast with past events, stating, “hundreds were put behind bars straight away” when they were falsely accused of stealing from the Post Office.
