And now, for the latest in regards to the Post Office Enquiry. Next, we’ll take a look at the apology issued by Paul Patterson, whilst taking a look at just exactly who he is and why this is another positive step in the direction of getting justice for the postmasters and subpostmasters who were involved in the scandal.
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00:00 Fujitsu Europe director Paul Paterson has twice this week been grilled concerning the
00:07 Post Office Horizon IT scandal. On January 16th, Mr Paterson appeared before MPs as he
00:12 told the Business and Trade Committee to the sub-postmasters and their families. Fujitsu
00:17 would like to apologise for our part in this appalling miscarriage of justice. He then
00:21 went on to say, "We were involved from the very start. We did have bugs and errors in
00:26 the system and we did help the Post Office in their prosecutions of sub-postmasters.
00:31 For that we are truly sorry." On January 19th, the director gave evidence at a Post Office
00:36 inquiry hearing at London's Aldwych House. Here, he confirmed that one of the bugs in
00:40 the IT system existed for six years, despite Fujitsu knowing about it. Paterson said these
00:45 bugs were "well known of all parties." He then promised to engage with government regarding
00:51 compensation for Horizon victims. The government last week announced a new law to swiftly exonerate
00:57 and compensate victims.