Horizon IT system had bugs since 1999 - as Fujitsu boss slams 'shameful' edits of witness statements

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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.

Appearing before the inquiry into the Post Office scandal, Paul Patterson said it was "shameful and appalling" that the known glitches were not included in the witness statements used to prosecute hundreds of sub-postmasters over nearly two decades.

He said the "vast majority" of errors had been shared with the Post Office contemporaneously.

Read more here: https://news.sky.com/story/post-office-scandal-horizon-it-system-had-bugs-since-1999-as-fujitsu-boss-slams-shameful-edits-of-witness-statements-13051568

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