"Post Office admits Horizon computer defect"
The Post Office has admitted that software defects have occurred with a computer system at the centre of a bitter dispute with some of its 11,500 sub-postmasters across the UK.
More than 100 say they were wrongly prosecuted or made to repay money after computers made non-existent shortfalls.
Some of them lost their homes as a result and a few went to prison.
The Post Office said the report made clear that its computer system functioned "effectively".
Sub-postmasters, who run the smaller post offices in the UK, are not directly employed by the Post Office but are contracted to run their branches as businesses.
They are responsible for balancing the books themselves, using the Post Office's Horizon computer system which processes all transactions.
BBC News - Post Office admits Horizon computer defect
The Post Office has admitted that software defects have occurred with a computer system at the centre of a bitter dispute with some of its 11,500 sub-postmasters across the UK.
More than 100 say they were wrongly prosecuted or made to repay money after computers made non-existent shortfalls.
Some of them lost their homes as a result and a few went to prison.
The Post Office said the report made clear that its computer system functioned "effectively".
Sub-postmasters, who run the smaller post offices in the UK, are not directly employed by the Post Office but are contracted to run their branches as businesses.
They are responsible for balancing the books themselves, using the Post Office's Horizon computer system which processes all transactions.
BBC News - Post Office admits Horizon computer defect
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