Our clients take some small comfort in the fact that the Metropolitan police and Solicitors Regulation Authority have followed the hearings closely.”Ībout 80% of the victims of the Post Office and Fujitsu were yet to come forward, the inquiry heard. “We know of course, that the inquiry can’t make any findings as to criminal or civil liability. Stein added: “It has been noteworthy, we say, that for every witness who has been brazen about their behaviour, there have been others who have chosen to plead amnesia … “We have seen a parade of liars, bullies, amnesiacs and arrogant individuals give evidence before you,” he said, with “subpostmasters treated as subhumans” and as an “expendable cash resource”. “Phase four has pulled back the curtain on the decades of the great Post Office cock-up and covering up,” Stein said of the evidence that victims had been disliked and disdained by their employers “because, and I quote from a Post Office investigator, they are ‘all crooks’”.Īddressing the retired high court judge Sir Wyn Williams, who is chairing the inquiry, Stein said: “The Post Office knew that the Horizon system was defective but still sought to bring prosecutions of subpostmasters, bring civil actions against postmasters and refuse to investigate these issues because the subpostmasters might catch on to the truth. Stein added that the only consolation was that the Metropolitan police were closely monitoring the hearing, which has been running since 2021 and will resume for a fifth session of hearings in July. More than 900 branch managers were pursued by the Post Office between 19 after the Horizon accounting software built by Fujitsu made it look as though money was missing from their branches.Įvidence has been heard that it was known from the start that Horizon was riddled with bugs and defects but that this was kept from the post office operators being prosecuted and from the courts, with the brand’s reputation and financial considerations taking priority over justice.Ī “whitewash” report was commissioned by the Post Office to hide the truth, while its investigators “hounded and harassed and in some cases drove decent and honest men and women to their graves”, said Sam Stein KC, who is representing the largest number of victims. A funeral service was held on Wednesday, February 7th 2024 from 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM at the same location.Those criticised ranged from the European boss of Fujitsu, Paul Patterson, with his vague promises of compensation, to the middle-ranking Post Office staff who privately discussed shredding damning evidence and the incompetent investigators who were said to have bullied their targets for financial gain. Visitation was held on Wednesday, February 7th 2024 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Clark Legacy Center- Brannon Crossing (601 E Brannon Rd, Nicholasville, KY 40356). He is also survived by many nieces and nephews. He is survived by : his sisters, Patricia Brumfield (Jim), Sherry Sauls (Jeff), Alice Tubbs (Steve) and Paula Dunn (Danny) his aunt Georgia McLean and his cousins, Barry Haney (Judy), Clay Haney, Carole Fox and Gina Clemons. He was predeceased by : his parents, Billy McLean and Mattie Harper McLean and his brothers, George McLean, Sammy McLean, Willie McLean and Jeffrey McLean. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family. We are sad to announce that on February 2, 2024, at the age of 76, Lewis Edward McLean of Lexington, Kentucky, born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky passed away.
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