Post Office Horizon Inquiry LIVE: Former Chair of Royal Mail Holdings Allan Leighton gives evidence

Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry continues

Allan Leighton, former Chair of Royal Mail Holdings plc; former Chair and former Non Executive Director of Post Office Ltd; and former Non Executive Director of Royal Mail Group and Martin Edwards, former Chief of Staff to the Chief Executive and Group Strategy Director at Post Office Ltd, will give evidence to the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry.

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[dinacox]

Don't you love their constant refrain of 'duty to protect public money' as justification for their heinous acts??? Meanwhile, they are SPENDING outrageous sums of public money to conduct these prosecutors and defend their prior bad

[t.dmytryshyn]

Those costs (regarding prosecutions) should have been listed seperately in the accounting framwork for tracking purposes and that would not be uncommon in any businesses accounts. So I have no idea why this Chief of Staff would think otherwise. I wonder if the Sub-Postmasters are going to ask for another person to liaison with after Martin Edward's testimony?

[mikkelclemmensen]

Just when you thought that the lack of shame and the conveniet memory loss couldn't get any worse, Mr Leighton turns up. This is beyond the pale.

[mikkelclemmensen]

So the structure, as Mr Leighton understood it, was that someone else should have known what was going on and should have done something about it, while he, himself, was only there to pick up his compensation, refrain from asking questions and make sure to be at the golf course on time? Nothing will happen to him, of course.

[johnj]

Martin Edwards seems to be a professional wriggler when asked challenging questions. I won't be surprised to see him involved in defending his own personal prosecution.

[dinacox]

Martin Edwards looks and acts like he is directly out of central casting, down to the ill-fitting jacket.

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