{"id":146833,"date":"2024-04-04T00:02:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T23:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/new-secret-tape-reveals-top-post-office-lawyer-was-warned-of-wrongful-convictions-decade-ago\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T00:02:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T23:02:14","slug":"new-secret-tape-reveals-top-post-office-lawyer-was-warned-of-wrongful-convictions-decade-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/new-secret-tape-reveals-top-post-office-lawyer-was-warned-of-wrongful-convictions-decade-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"New secret tape reveals top Post Office lawyer was warned of &#8216;wrongful&#8217; convictions decade ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/_TIc2_9rgbo\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"New secret tape reveals top Post Office lawyer was warned of 'wrongful' convictions decade ago\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_TIc2_9rgbo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A secret recording obtained by ITV News reveals the Post Office\u2019s most senior lawyer was warned by independent investigators more than a decade ago that it may have misled the courts and pressured sub-postmasters into \u201cwrongful and unsafe\u201d guilty pleas.<\/p>\n<p>The recording was of a meeting held between the Post Office\u2019s former General Counsel Chris Aujard and Second Sight forensic accountants Ian Henderson and Ron Warmington in December 2013.<\/p>\n<p>It shows the two men presented a damning assessment of the Post Office\u2019s conduct in its investigations and prosecutions of sub-postmasters, who they found were denied the right to defend themselves and forced into \u201ccourtroom step deals\u201d with little choice but to plead guilty.<\/p>\n<p>Read more here: https:\/\/www.itv.com\/news\/2024-04-03\/secret-2013-tape-shows-top-post-office-lawyer-was-warned-of-unsafe-convictions<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A secret recording obtained by ITV News reveals the Post Office\u2019s most senior lawyer was warned by independent investigators more than a decade ago that it may have misled the courts and pressured sub-postmasters into \u201cwrongful and unsafe\u201d guilty pleas. 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