Lee Castleton bought a post office in Bridlington, east Yorkshire, in 2003.
Within a year, his computer system showed a £25,000 shortfall
He called the Post Office’s helpline 91 times as he suspected the Horizon IT system was at fault.
Honour B4 Honours
Fair Play Mr Bates
Sign the petition 2 remove Paula's
CBE
An utter disgrace giving it 2 her
When Government Ministers knew Post Office Board KNEW
HORIZON WASN'T ROBUST
#PostOfficeScandal
@PostOffInquiry
@afneil
In fact at least one was awarded a shiny CBE in Boris Johnson’s 2019 New Year Honours. The CEO Paula Vennells was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) "for services to the Post Office and to charity". Another poorly vetted gong.
Spot on December 2021 as today Nichola 2+ years on
Innocent SubPostmasters Falsely Prosecuted & others R still waiting 4 Full & Fair Compensation
Post Office failed 2 disclose documents
@PostOffInquiry
DELAYING Sir Wyn & team holding Witnesses 2 account
#PostOfficeScandal
@TomWitherow
@ian_straughan
@PaulaVennells1
So many victims will never return to the same person they were before.That’s the part the instigators need to understand.All we can wish for now is to be in a position to rebuild a happy life with all those that also got dragged through this sorry mess!Lets hope 2022 brings peace
"Is it sorry, not sorry?"
Former sub-postmaster Lee Castleton, who lost £320,000, his house and his business in the Horizon Post Office scandal speaks to
@mattfrei
about Fujitsu's apology.
Mr Bates Vs The Post Office
Brought me respair hopefully along with all the innocent SubPostmasters their Families & friends
#PostOfficeScandal
@PostOffInquiry
We Shall Overcome Some Day
Word of the Day (because it’s about time) is ‘respair’, from the 16th century. It means fresh hope, and a recovery from despair. One of too many lost positives we could do with bringing back.
Wishing everyone a gruntled, gormful, ruthful and feckful New Year, full of respair.
There R also 63 /64 who R no longer here plus partners who have passed
Thousands SubPostmasters caught up in
#PostOfficeScandal
The brave 555 who took Our PostOffice 2 the High Court & won
The Perpetrators used PUBLIC MONEY against them
Even tried to get Judge Fraser sacked
‘Always the cover up that makes things much worse’ says former Conservative MP who campaigned on Horizon scandal
Well Said Lord Arbuthnot if it had not been 4 U & MPsLike
@KevanJonesMP
Persistent what would have happened ?
☆☆☆☆☆ via
@jackielongc4
An utter disgrace
900+ SubPostmasters with Criminal Convictions
Only 95 (2 in Scotland) Quashed
@ccrcupdate
Perpetrators must face music 🎶
Jail after fair trial
COVERED UP & INNOCENT SUBPOSTMASTERS
Bankrupt
Mental health problems
Spat on
Called a thief
@PostOffInquiry
#PostOfficeScandal
How was it possible for the Post Office to prosecute a pregnant woman, they knew was most likely to be innocent. The judge in the trial even said there was no evidence. Tossing a coin seems to be our preferred method of injustice. 15 months sentence.
Why is a comedy quiz show highlighting the corruption in the post office more effectively than British journalists? The exception being Private Eye in this case.
@BBCNews
@itvnews
@RishiSunak
@Siani1971
There's no doubt about it they stole his life alongside his money yours too. If this was another company the directors and staff would be up before a judge by now. Astounded I am at this atrocity.
Bring Royal Mail back in Public Ownership & reintegrate with Post Office
The sooner the better
The Public Know the service has got worse in the last 10 years & stamp prices 🚀
Moral with Thompson & Co is at an all time low
So Mr Thompson Go
@CWU_Huw
He knows what is going on here & across the country!
@DaveWardGS
what more can we do and our negotiators do ? The corrupt RM top team , business leaders, politicians & the media conspire together to keep working people under their control! We have to change this system - but how?
Well done Mum
The Perpetrators need 2 hold their heads in shame
An utter disgrace
Tarnished OUR PostOffice Brand & were highly paid Public Servants
Jail after a fair trial awaits
NO IDEA what the Victims & their Families R going through
@PostOffInquiry
#PostOfficeScandal
Former postmaster Peter Worsfold, 79, had to borrow money off his mother, Olive, 97, after being wrongly accused by the Post Office in the Horizon scandal.
He was forced to pay them £37k and is still paying Olive back.
“I never lost trust in him”, Olive tells
#newsnight
@ElCShaikh
@CWU_Huw
@scullyp
@Channel4News
@alextomo
@NanettevdLaan
Whatever happened to just doing the job you're paid for?
Did the execs generate extra profit, from attending the Statutory Inquiry???
If yes. Give them a whopping bonus.
Bonuses are for delivering profit.
Ask Paula "Retail is Detail" Vennells and her ill-gotten gains....
Ynys Mon Please
The number of wrongly convicted SubPostmasters is 900+ across the UK
So far just 95 have had their convictions quashed
#PostOfficeScandal
@PostOffInquiry
Noel has published 2 books
One in Welsh his second in English ☆☆☆☆☆ reads
In 2006, Noel Thomas from Anglesey was sent to jail for “false accounting”.
He was one of the 700+ sub-postmasters wrongly convicted in the Post Office IT scandal.
This was outside the court in April 2021 when his conviction was quashed after more than a decade of fighting 👇🏻
Van den Bogerd epitomises the toxic corporate culture at the Post Office.
The indifference, arrogance and prioritisation of reputational protection above literally anything else is quite something to behold.
They had guilty knowledge.
#PostOfficeScandal
#PostOfficeInquiry
Some of the Perpetrators
Members of Flat Earth 🌍 Society Who knew about BEDs Bugs Errors & Defects +REMOTE ACCESS
Who tried 2 COVER it UP
U & 554 uncovered their deception Over 900 Criminal Convictions
THANKS 2 Judge Fraser &
@forensicgod
@WarmingtonRjw
@ComputerWeekly
22 years ago today I made a journey to HMP Holloway at the age of 19 for a crime I didn’t commit those feeling never go away and it never gets easier 😭 too many emotions today!
#PostOfficeScandal
Four people committed SUICIDE
People sent to PRISON.
Lives/reputations RUINED.
Yet not one single executive from the Post Office or Fujitsu has been held accountable.
We can not allow them to get away with their disgusting behaviour.
#MrBatesVsThePostOffice
Paula Vennells has given her CBE back. It should never have come to this because she shouldn’t have got one in the first place.
This government has played a shameful role in the Post Office scandal. We can’t let them avoid scrutiny over a company they completely run.
"They should go to jail."
Post Office minister Kevin Hollinrake tells victims of the
#PostOfficeScandal
on
#BBCBreakfast
that those who are responsible for what happened to them should be prosecuted
Tarnished OUR PostOffice Brand
PostOffice EXECUTIVES were members Flat Earth 🌍 Society
Used PUBLIC MONEY in the biggest Cover Up since Watergate
Now tapes R Out ...
R they still going to maintain
HORIZON IS ROBUST
NO NO NO
Remote access Yes
BEDS BUGS ERRORS &DEFECTS
Yes
@mairbro
On drama was her in best days, aka our 1st armed robbery at office guns involved. they fired as coming in. moved heads away from weapon, we left at back, then called 999. She said we were liable for losses cause we did not put head in front of a weapon to press the panic button
@RosieBrock71780
Well done Kathleen and her two daughters Lucy and Katy (in the pink). Katy was instrumental in persuading her mum to go through the appeal process. Congratulations also to barrister Flora Page and the team at Hodge Jones and Allen. More on
@itvnews
tonight.
Never Janet
The biggest miscarriage of Justice EVER
NOT JUST 555 many others
NOT forgetting families & Friends impacted by over 900+ criminal convictions of Innocent SubPostmasters
Thanks 4 chat on Friday
More & more comes out daily
Never a dull moment !!!
@PostOffInquiry
Today's Metro Wednesday 24th January
The questio is Mr Cook
Why did U not Question why Prosecutions of Innocent SubPostmasters inceased dramatically on your Watch
CU giving evidence
@PostOffInquiry
It starded B4 Paula as well U know
@ArchNichola
@stugoo17
@Janetsk20073533
Great memories of a Giant in the
CWU
A Fighter & Inspiration till the end
In our thoughts together with your & extended CWU family
RIP Barry
All in London Phoenix Branch
Solidarity 4 Ever
CWU member, representative and Postal Worker, Barry Nelson has passed away today.
Barry fought an incredibly brave battle for over 2 years against the impacts of Covid. He has inspired us all so much.
He lifted us during the dispute. His videos, messages and words gave
May god have mercy on Post Office Ltd, because Sub-Postmasters and their families who lost everything from loved ones, health, their livelihoods, homes and businesses (and continue to suffer without full compensation) will have non for Post Office.
#PostOfficeScandal
Who is Paula Vennells – the former Post Office boss handing back her CBE?
Almost 0ne & Quarter MILLION
Agreed
Honour B4 Honours
But who put her name forward ?
No she wasn't
Prosecutions went 4 a decade +
2000 to 2014
Over 900+ criminal convictions
Innocent SubPostmasters Falsely Prosecuted
Alan Cook add him 2 your list along with these
Not
@forensicgod
+
@WarmingtonRjw
The heroes of the scandal
#PostOfficeScandal
@PostOffInquiry
@DanNeidle
It is astonishing that Paula Vennells (CBE for contributions to British business apparently!) has not been charged yet. She was CEO of the Post Office throughout the Horizon debacle.
The majority of the public are behind the Nurses.
Govt has no mandate for this. No one voted for them to treat health care staff and patients with contempt
No one voted for destruction of NHS
#GeneralElectionNow
Time 2 remove her Honours
Honour B4 Honours
Not 4 Senior Post Office Board who Knew about BEDs
Bugs Errors & Defects
The Calender Square Bug not Disclosed along with others
Tarnished OUR PostOffice Brand
@PostOffInquiry
#PostOfficeScandal
p1
Have posted this box before but passed it this week on the bike and had to stop again! A beautiful shrine to the postal service 😉! Radford,
#Worcestershire
.
#PostBoxSaturday
Yes we must not forget the Victims family 👪
Thousands of SubPostmasters not just those who were Prosecuted
Or the 63 who have passed
#PostOfficeScandal
My husband said there needs to be a group litigation on behalf of the children who suffered for compensation. That'll set a PRECEDENT (the word Dilley is so fond of). I can only think of Thalidomide scandal where compensation was paid out to a group of children who were harmed.
No No No David
We're got a little list &
They'll none of them B missed
They'll none of them B missed
Paula / Board tried 2 use Public Molney 2 Cover
#PostOfficeScandal
up Jail awaits After a fair trial
First OUR CBE must be given back
#MrBatesVsThePostOffice
@PostOffInquiry
Still members Flat Earth 🌍 Society
However
@PostOffInquiry
is Flushing the Truth out
BEDS Bugs Errors & Defects there during trials
PostOffice FAILED 2 DISCLOSE
time & time again
Calender Sq Bug & Others
Not disclosed
900+ Innocent SubPostmasters
With CriminalConvictions
@FrMartinFlatman
@VarchasPatel
I have only fully appreciated - other than in the abstract - the value of a free and fearless press since knowing Nick Wallis and others like Karl Flinders at Computer Weekly, Tom Witherow of The Times and Tony Collins and Rebecca Thomson. Where would this would be but for them?
Croeso/ Welcome
2 Abertawe /Swansea
This one near the station
#postboxsaturday
Posties please join in !!!
U pass them or collect from them every day 📮
Plenty out there 📮 📮 📮
Merry Christmas to all those following
@Miners_Strike
Keep up the excellent work of keeping part of our history alive
Next year 40 years on
Solidarity Brothers & Sisters
Honour restored
Ynys Mon Council award to
@NoelHughie
Both his books well worth a read
THE STAMP OF INNOCENCE
@aled_job
tells Noel's & Sian's stories
U learn about Ynys Mon
From Paradise 2 Walton's Hell
His 60th Birthday 🎂 inJail
Fight & Victory of 555
#PostOfficeScandal
Go & tell customers at Paddington last month when l used the ticket office back to the door
Unnecessary l think NOT
Same price tickets at ticket office
Do your homework Ian
Think of others
All the best in your dispute
@RMTunion
@RMTunion
Helpful staff, yes of course.
Ticket offices, certainly not.
Outdated
Unnecessary
Expensive - always cheaper tickets on line.
(You must be under pressure about this because you’ve been banging on about them all day)
A 2014 photo taken at a private dinner shows the then-Post Office boss Paula Vennells and non-executive chairman of Fujitsu Simon Blagden with MP Kevin Hollinrake.
Private Eye journalist Richard Brooks: “It’s all a bit too close.”
@nickwallis
|
@rosiewright99
📺 FOI request demolishes the Govt insistence that it had no role in the ticket office consultation process & shows that BEFORE the public consultations were even published, the Govt was advising the train companies what to do with their closed ticket offices!
#SaveTicketOffices
@CWU_Huw
The old GPO days when I joined in 1983 as a cleaner I used to work at the head office great days the old head postmaster they were the days I agree should never have been spilt up
Strip former Post Office CEO, Paula Vennells, of her CBE due to her role in the wrongful prosecution of 550 Post Office staff as part of the Horizon computer scandal.
Join our campaign:
#MrBatesVsThePostOffice
Clearly they have no idea who
@CastletonLee
really is. A very gentle, caring, thoughtful lovely inside/out and dignified man. Loving husband and caring father…
Shame on Sewell disgusting behaviour, who should hang his own head in shame!!
Another trip to London with
@katieddowney
to campaign for all of the subpostmasters who have still not been paid.
Please come and support
@ElCShaikh
and others at the
@PostOffInquiry
on Thursday.
Maybe come along and hear about the
#PostOfficeScandal
with Nick Wallis .