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EXCLUSIVE: The Fujitsu fat cats pocketed generous six and seven figure salaries plus bonuses while Horizon caused misery for the 3,500 postmasters wrongly accused of stealing.
intense attention will be paid to Fujitsu, the supplier of the controversial Horizon IT system responsible for flaws that caused accounting errors that were blamed on subpostmasters. On 16 January, witnesses from Fujitsu will take the stand, to face forensic questioning from the inquiry’s barristers.
Paula Vennells, the disgraced former Post Office boss, is one of several high-profile figures caught up in the Horizon scandal who have yet to appear before the public inquiry into the matter.
The former bosses of the Post Office who presided over the biggest miscarriage of justice in British legal history are facing growing pressure over their role in the scandal.