Suzanne Winter - Post Office Inquiry

Suzanne Winter, former Post Office Investigator DENIES Subpostmasters Horizon Case by saying that she doesn't want to retract her recollection in light of his witness statement and previous interviews pointing the finger at Horizon failings as she herself did not consider it to be a Horizon case. Despite meticulously going through the subpostmasters statement to the Post Office Inquiry, Suzanne Winter is adamant that she doesn't wish to change her prior statement when considering the new evidence. We analyse both the subpostmasters statement and her response to it. #PostOfficeInquiry #PostOfficeScandal #PostOffice #SuzanneWinter

Suzanne Winter, former Post Office Investigator is asked about whether full disclosure took place in the case of a subpostmaster accused of stealing money from his Post Office branch. Indeed, the legal team for the subpostmaster made a request for disclosure, having declared his defence, presumably to ensure that this could be addressed and possibly suspecting that this had not already taken place. We analyse the evidence and the testimony from Suzanne Winter about what enquiries were made and to whom, as well as the assurances that she says she received from Fujitsu regarding the reliability of the Horizon IT system in use at the Post Office. #PostOfficeInquiry #PostOfficeScandal #PostOffice #SuzanneWinter

What did a Forensic Accountants Report on Post Office Horizon Prosecution Data reveal when commissioned by the lawyers acting for a subpostmaster accused of stealing around £11,000 from his Post Office reveal? The report commissioned, at the end of 2004, looks into the Post Office Horizon data provided by the prosecution to analyse it and see if they can establish firstly, what the data shows and secondly whether a crime has been committed and, finally, if so, whether it points to their client as having committed it. We analyse the revealing findings from the forensic accountant and what action could have been subsequently taken by Post Office Investigators having received such a report. #PostOfficeInquiry #PostOfficeScandal #PostOffice

Data related to the Horizon IT system used at a Post Office is not available for a prosecution case brought by the Post Office - even in 2004 when forensic accountants are instructed by the accused to assess the evidence. But why would such data not exist and/or not be requested by Post Office Investigators leading the case? Despite requests for disclosure from the subpostmasters lawyers there appears to be either an unwillingness or inability to provide evidence that would surely be a cruicial part of the case against him? We analyse what the forensic accountants could find when looking at the available, if not limited, transaction data from Horizon. #PostOfficeInquiry #PostOfficeScandal #PostOffice

Damning conclusions delivered on the Post Office case by Forensic Accountants retained by an accused subpostmaster in 2004 detail missing transaction data as a substantial impediment to identifying a perpetrator, a victim or even that a crime has taken place. The shocking conclusions could still be made from the evidence available and, whilst they do caveat that without the data it is impossible to come to a definitive conclusion, it is clear the direction of travel points towards no case to answer. So why did this Post Office prosecution case go to trial in the first place? '#PostOfficeInquiry #PostOfficeScandal #PostOffice

Post Office Investigator Suzanne Winter states that the forensic accounting report commissioned by an subpostmaster accused of stealing had NO impact on us - either as an investigation team or at a wider Post Office level. Given that the report highlights serious issues regarding the evidence that their client was the perpetrator or indeed that a crime had even been committed as well as flagging data retention concerns, due to the amount of missing data, and concerns about the stability of the Horizon system the testimony we analyse here suggests that whilst it was shared within the Post Office there was no further action or impact on the way to Post Office was operating investigations or more widely as an organisation. #PostOfficeInquiry #PostOfficeScandal #PostOffice

The discussion of an audit in the case of a subpostmistress whom was alleged to have stolen more than £4,000 revealed issues that she regularly had with balancing the accounts on a Wednesday since the Horizon system had been installed in her Post Office approximately two years before. Post Office Investigator Suzanne Winter said she wondered about remote access to Horizon after her own Post Office computer was accessed to fix an issue. Post Office Said NO Remote Horizon Access after Audit and she explains that when you're told that, effectively by the government, you accept it. We analyse both the audit and her investigation. #PostOfficeInquiry #PostOfficeScandal #PostOffice

Subpostmasters PLEAS for Help to Horizon Helpline are ignored when building a case against Maureen McKelvey at the Clanabogan Post Office in Northern Ireland as the Post Office Investigation team appears to want to focus solely on pension and benefits foils that they say do not correspond with the data entered into the Horizon system. We analyse the extensive list of calls placed by Maureen McKelvey to the Horizon Helpline including several issues with balancing, contacting to pay the Post Office for shortfalls on a regular basis as well as encountering other system issues. The PLEAS for help seem to go unheard as the Post Office Investigators proceed to prosecution. #PostOfficeInquiry #PostOfficeScandal #PostOffice

Post Office Investigator Witness Suzanne Winters testimony is brought to a close by Post Office Inquiry chair Sir Wyn asserting that we are 'Going Round in Circles' at the Post Office Inquiry. Presented with the letters from the Police Service of Northern Ireland and evidence from Maureen McKelvey's lawyers in addition to her numerous calls to the Horizon Helpline Suzanne Winters still asserts that this is not a Horizon case. Furthermore, the report passed onto the Police 2 years after the investigation commenced appears to be missing key parts of the evidence previously obtained since 2002 with assertions of guilt seemingly relying on the opinion of Post Office Investigators. #PostOfficeInquiry #PostOfficeScandal #PostOffice