NB: Here’s a thought for those who put blind trust in electronic ‘intelligence’. There’s no substitute for human wisdom, but ironically that’s in short supply. DS
First report from Horizon IT hearings lays bare ‘disastrous’ human impact as 10,000 people seek compensation
More than 13 people may have killed themselves as a result of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal and it drove at least 59 more to contemplate suicide, according to the first findings from the public inquiry into what has been labelled the worst miscarriage of justice in UK history.
The 162-page volume one report from Sir Wyn Williams, the retired judge who chaired the hearings, looks at the “disastrous human impact” on thousands of post office operators wrongly held responsible for shortfalls in their branches caused by faulty software.
It also covers the issue of compensation, arguing the Post Office and its advisers had in many cases adopted an “unnecessarily adversarial attitude” to those seeking financial redress, who now number at least 10,000 – far higher than the more than 1,000 people prosecuted….
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/08/post-office-scandal-inquiry-horizon-it-scandal
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After the truth-shower 