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Another bit of evidence before the break. Beer continues pressing van den Bogerd over the email.
Van den Bogerd was asked to point to any occasion in which she corrected the messaging about there being no possibility of remotely accessing Horizon. He asks her whether she was aware that Fujutsu had formally notified the Post Office of the receipts and payments mismatch in October 2010.
"I can't recall doing such an email," van den Bogerd replied. "I was not aware of that," she replies.
This came about after the inquiry looked at internal communications outlining pre-approved messaging to respond to claims of remote access. She adds that she was also not aware of a meeting between Fujitsu and the Post Office in October 2010 to discuss the bug.
The inquiry is shown one which describes the idea that Horizon does not accurately record branch transactions as "imprecise". She says she learned of this in 2013.
Van den Bogerd had pointed to this in her witness statement, but questioned now says that this was not the final version. Beer then asks van den Bogerd if she was aware of discussions taking place in 2013 among management at the Post Office as to how high up in the organisation knowledge of this bug had gone.
She's asked where the final version is, and replied that it would have been in comms messaging. "No," van den Bogerd replies.
Asked what she means, she said there is a disconnect between some of the information this morning (some of which she remembers, some she doesn't) and messaging inside the Post Office. "Did you seek to ascertain which departments or who knew about the bug?"
"I've missed some stuff coming through here," she said. "No," she replies.
And with that, the inquiry took its break for lunch. "Why not ?" Beer presses.
She says that it was presented as a "routine" problem, and she didn't push any further.
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