The Court of Appeal overturned the case of Tarla Mahida, after a judge said the Post Office had failed to provide evidence that £4,300 was missing from her branch in Buckinghamshire
The Court of Appeal overturned the case of Tarla Mahida, after a judge said the Post Office had failed to provide evidence that £4,300 was missing from her branch in BuckinghamshireThe Post Office had a High Court case against a sub-postmistress thrown out because of missing evidence and potential “errors” in its accounting practices that were present years before theIn 2003, the Court of Appeal overturned a claim by the Post Office for around £4,300 that was allegedly missing from...
Mrs Mahida was interviewed by Post Office investigators at a police station but was eventually pursued in the civil courts. “At the time I didn’t think there anything unusual about this case – it seemed to be a fairly simple issue of dockets and foils.However, Chintan would now like her mother’s case to be explored in full along with Capture cases at the inquiry.
The ruling was referenced at the public inquiry into the Horizon scandal on Tuesday during the questioning of former chief operating officer David Miller.
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