Karl Flinders

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Chief reporter at Computer Weekly, involved in exposing the Post Office Horizon scandal. Wallsend to “That London”. #postofficescandal
My roundup of Phase 4 of the Post Office scandal. The rogues gallery https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366568954/Post-Office-scandal-phase-fours-rogues-gallery
Post Office scandal: Phase four’s rogues’ gallery

Phase four of the public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon IT scandal revealed ‘a parade of liars, bullies, amnesiacs and arrogant individuals’ that made up the teams investigating and prosecuting subpostmasters

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@nickgould I am only just beginning myself
#Postofficescandal Man that revealed one of biggest miscarriages of justice in history turns down offer of OBE https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252528935/Former-subpostmaster-Alan-Bates-turns-down-OBE-offer
Former subpostmaster Alan Bates, who ‘pulled up trees and moved mountains’, turns down OBE offer

Alan Bates, who fought for decades to expose the Post Office Horizon IT scandal, says it would be inappropriate to accept an OBE when former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells still holds her CBE

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Unconventional wisdom: industry analysts are not pay-to-play. Or are they?

The debate of industry analysts being pay-to-play regularly surfaces through questions around independence, desires from PR or marketing to generate owned coverage and beliefs that subscribing to research will result in a better position in an evaluation, such as the Gartner Magic Quadrant. Those qu

#postofficescandal any prosecuted subpostmasters that think there convictions might have been affected by Horizon scandal should contact CCRC https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252528356/Criminal-Cases-Review-Commission-calls-on-more-convicted-subpostmasters-to-come-forward
Criminal Cases Review Commission calls on more convicted subpostmasters to come forward

The Criminal Cases Review Commission wants more former subpostmasters to come forward if they think they were prosecuted by the Post Office based on data from the error-prone Horizon computer system

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Post Office boosted its ‘coffers’ as Horizon system threw up unexplained shortfalls, inquiry told

The Post Office was ‘keen’ to make subpostmasters cover unexplained accounting shortfall as its business struggled, public inquiry hears

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Subpostmaster federation deliberately kept public in dark over computer problems

The federation representing subpostmasters deliberately suppressed information about computer errors that could have saved its members from devastating life-changing events

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#Postofficescandal My latest on the Horizon scandal. There was pressure from Japan for the project to be signed off, before ready https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Fujitsu-put-pressure-on-UK-government-to-sign-off-troubled-Horizon-project-public-inquiry-hears
Fujitsu put pressure on UK government to sign off troubled Horizon project, public inquiry hears

Telegram from British Embassy in Tokyo to UK government reveals pressure on ministers to sign off controversial contract.

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