{"id":130225,"date":"2024-01-19T21:00:57","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T21:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/horizon-it-system-had-bugs-since-1999-as-fujitsu-boss-slams-shameful-edits-of-witness-statements\/"},"modified":"2024-01-19T21:00:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T21:00:57","slug":"horizon-it-system-had-bugs-since-1999-as-fujitsu-boss-slams-shameful-edits-of-witness-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/horizon-it-system-had-bugs-since-1999-as-fujitsu-boss-slams-shameful-edits-of-witness-statements\/","title":{"rendered":"Horizon IT system had bugs since 1999 &#8211; as Fujitsu boss slams &#8216;shameful&#8217; edits of witness statements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/oMXiOhGCwsE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Horizon IT system had bugs since 1999 - as Fujitsu boss slams 'shameful' edits of witness statements\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oMXiOhGCwsE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The boss of Fujitsu in Europe has admitted staff knew of bugs, errors and defects (BEDS) in the Horizon IT system as far back as 1999. <\/p>\n<p>Appearing before the inquiry into the Post Office scandal, Paul Patterson said it was &quot;shameful and appalling&quot; that the known glitches were not included in the witness statements used to prosecute hundreds of sub-postmasters over nearly two decades.<\/p>\n<p>He said the &quot;vast majority&quot; of errors had been shared with the Post Office contemporaneously.<\/p>\n<p>Read more here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/post-office-scandal-horizon-it-system-had-bugs-since-1999-as-fujitsu-boss-slams-shameful-edits-of-witness-statements-13051568<\/p>\n<p>#uk #postoffice #postofficescandal<\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/skynewsdaily\/ <\/p>\n<p>Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here\/Los video de Sky News est\u00e1n disponibles en espa\u00f1ol aqu\u00ed: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog <\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The boss of Fujitsu in Europe has admitted staff knew of bugs, errors and defects (BEDS) in the Horizon IT system as far back as 1999. 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