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Angela van den Bogerd shown letter blaming PO for postmaster's death - BBC News | |
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Jacqueline Howard | |
Reporting from the inquiry | Reporting from the inquiry |
It's clear that many former sub-postmasters and postmistresses wouldn't describe Angela van den Bogerd as one their favourite people. | |
She was an executive at the Post Office for many years, oversaw a number of the complaints about the Horizon system and was on a working group dealing with the fallout of the scandal. In short, she was a major figure in the scandal. | |
A key theme of her evidence over the past two days is that she heard "rumblings" of issues with Horizon, but nothing substantive enough to spark concerns until it was too late. | |
Her evidence of these "rumblings" were met with rumblings of another kind in the inquiry room. Dozens of former sub-postmasters and postmistresses - some of who dealt with Van den Bogerd directly in their complaints, and in some cases were wrongly prosecuted - were not shy in reacting to her claims. | |
Her responses were regularly met with groans, laughter and shakes of the head, which grew particularly animated during the fiery questioning towards the end of the day. | |
These sub-postmasters and postmistresses were under no illusions that they would get any sense of satisfaction or closure from Van den Bogerd's evidence - but they felt compelled to turn up and face her all the same. | |
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