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Staying in October 2010, Blake turns to an email from Post Office lawyer Jarnail Singh, who has appeared before the inquiry last year. The email relates to Seema Misra being found guilty. We're now looking at an email from Susan Crichton to Post Office lawyer Jarnail Singh. It is from June 2012.
It reads: "It is hoped the case will set a marker to dissuade other defendants from jumping on the Horizon bashing bandwagon." In it, Crichton wrote: "If we decide not to go ahead with criminal prosecutions are there any risks for POL [Post Office Limited]?".
Crichton confirms to the inquiry that she received the email, but says she doesn't recall a phone call to discuss matters going forwards after Misra's case had concluded. Crichton tells the inquiry they were worried about the independent review of Horizon happening at the same time as the prosecutions.
Julian Blake then asks why she wanted to know about the risks the prosecutions could have on the Post Office.
"It wasn't because I knew there was anything wrong with Horizon necessarily, but I just felt it was important that we pause these cases whilst we did the review," Crichton adds.
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