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Fujitsus European boss has described the editing of witness statements to defend the Horizon IT system, that were used in the prosecutions of subpostmasters, as "shameful".

Fujitsu staff knew of bugs from as far back as 1999, the firm’s Europe boss told the inquiry.

Paul Patterson told the Post Office inquiry Fujitsu wants to "get to the truth wherever it lays".

The boss of Fujitsu in Europe has admitted staff knew of bugs, errors and defects (BEDS) in the Horizon IT system as far back as 1999.

Concerns of an expert witness in subpostmaster trials were ignored by Fujitsu.

Fujitsu used prosecutions as a “cash cow”, the Horizon IT scandal inquiry heard, with the company earning up to £20,000 a case for providing evidence to prosecute sub-postmasters.

Paul Patterson told the Post Office inquiry Fujitsu wants to "get to the truth wherever it lays".

A Fujitsu manager described sub-postmaster Lee Castleton as a “nasty chap” in an email shown at the public inquiry into the Horizon scandal.

Like the exemplars of social realist cinema, Mr Bates vs The Post Office follows stories of individual plight facing a social problem filmed in a naturalistic manner.

Peter Sewell was part of the Post Office Account Security Team at Fujitsu when East Yorkshire subpostmaster Lee Castleton faced his legal battle in 2007.