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Post Office executive’s chilling two words that led
to scandal revealed
In conversations recorded in 2020 and 2021, a Post Office executive was reportedly heard insisting some postmasters were
guilty of stealing cash.
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‘The Post Office executive was recorded on tape between 2020 and 2021 talking about the setup of operations within the
business, TakTV has reported
Executive, Richard Taylor, is heard saying people “downright stole" some of the £30,000 that was stored in safes within Post
Offices,
In the recorded conversations where Mr Taylor is describing his thought pracess behind the scandal, he said: *..the main stuf
Which we give you is 30,000 pounds in cash to stick ina safe.
"And the problem with 30,000 pounds in cash in a safe is if you've got 11 and a half thousand post officers is some of those
people decide to... not necessarily with any particular intent... to borrow that money fora litle while... well some of them
downright stole i.”
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‘Mr Taylor, the current Group Corporate Affairs, Communications and Brand Ditector for Post Office also admitted in the
recordings, that some postmasters had been "hard done by" because of the scandal,
READ MORE: Post Office investigators received bonuses for Horizon convictions (/news/uk/1854773ipost-office
investigators-bonuses)
‘Mr Taylor even claimed some postmasters used the money to pay for stock for their shops at the local cash and carry,
He added: "There are probably some people for whom they have been hard done by. But some other people stole the money. I
‘mean i's never been proven that there was a link between the computer glitch and anybody actually losing money.”
He told TalkTV: "I am deeply sorry about the terrible impact ofthis scandal on victims and have consistently apologised forall
they have suffered. I sincerely apologise for any past remarks that ! may have made during personal conversations which
‘cause hurt or offence.”
Between 1999 and 2015, the Post Office prosecuted 700 sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses after the fauity Horizon IT
system made it lok tke money was missing rom their branches.
‘Many were jailed, some tooke thelr own lives, and some have since died - i's a scandal that is back in the spotlight after ITV's
‘Mr Bates vs The Post Office thrust the issue tothe top of the political agenda after victims struggled for years to clear their
‘names and secure proper payouts.
(Only 98 out of 700 convictions have been overturned, with more victims coming forward since the drama aired last week. The
scandal is currently being investigated as part of the Government's Horizon IT Inquiry.
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Rishi Sunak (/alestrishi-sunak) this week said a new law wil be introduced to make sure those wrongly convicted are “swifly
‘exonerated and compensated”
He also announced an “upfront payment” of £75,000 which will be made available to hundreds of postmasters
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Ministers have now drawn up plans for new laws that will allow convictions to be overturned instead of victims having to make
Individual cour appeals.
‘Meanwhile, the ex-Post Ofice boss Paula Vennells handed back her CBE on Tuesday "with immediate effect” after more than
‘one milion people signed a petition for her to do so.
‘She ran the Post Office (atestinost-ofice) when It routinely denied there was a problem with its Horizon IT system,
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