Former investigator John Longman gave evidence to the inquiry remotely on Wednesday.
Post Office investigators feared there would be a “world of trouble” if the company lost a court case based on Horizon failings, an inquiry has heard.
He said: “It developed… and I didn’t know this at the time, I think there was a lot of people in different departments within the Post Office watching the outcome very closely.The inquiry was shown an email Mr Longman received from senior lawyer Jarnail Singh following Mrs Misra’s case, which said it was hoped the verdict would “dissuade other defendants from jumping on the Horizon bashing bandwagon”.
“The investigators are concerned that if we lose a case based on the Horizon integrity, we’ll be in a world of trouble. A legal letter from Post Office criminal lawyer Phil Taylor to Ms Misra’s team warned the organisation would “not underwrite the cost” if the data was deemed irrelevant by counsel.
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