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31.05.2024 - 07:49 / dailyrecord.co.uk
The former Post Office IT chief that the inquiry into the Horizon scandal insisted could not be found has spoken out after being tracked down by our sister publication the Mirror.
Mike Young accused ex-CEO Paula Vennells of trying to shift the blame for the wrongful convictions of subpostmasters over missing cash later blamed on the faulty Horizon IT system.
He also insisted it would have been easy for the inquiry to find him and said he would give evidence. Ms Vennells last week told it Mr Young was one of five people responsible for the scandal.
Mr Young said: “Paula needs an out. She’s using me and four others. Hey, she’s got to do what she thinks is right for her. She was the CEO. My phone number and my email has remained the same for 35 years. I’m not hiding anywhere, I’ve got nothing to hide from.”
Mr Young ran computer systems for the Post Office from 2008 to 2012, during which time some postmasters were wrongly prosecuted for stealing.
But he insisted: “I don’t bear any responsibility for the Post Office scandal. Tell me what you would have done in my place?”
Mr Young, who lives in a £1.5million Berkshire house, then appeared to backtrack, adding: “I find it hard to work out what I would do differently.
"I didn’t say I don’t bear responsibility… I don’t know.” Referring to a mechanism in the system which allowed remote access, that has emerged key to the scandal, he said: “The bloody back door was found a year later [after his 2012 departure].”
On May 30 campaigning subpostmaster Alan Bates said he was taken aback by Mr Young’s comments and explained: “They are all passing the buck.”
Giving evidence at the inquiry last Friday, Ms Vennells was asked by a lawyer representing victims: “Who do you blame?”
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She has become the face of one of the biggest scandals in British history. Paula Vennells enjoyed a life of success and respect as the boss of the Post Office between 2012 and 2019.
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