{"id":148753,"date":"2024-04-12T21:00:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T20:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/former-post-office-boss-says-he-didnt-know-they-were-prosecuting-hundreds-of-subpostmasters\/"},"modified":"2024-04-12T21:00:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T20:00:09","slug":"former-post-office-boss-says-he-didnt-know-they-were-prosecuting-hundreds-of-subpostmasters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/former-post-office-boss-says-he-didnt-know-they-were-prosecuting-hundreds-of-subpostmasters\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Post Office boss says he didn\u2019t know they were prosecuting hundreds of subpostmasters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/rVTodffEP2U\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Former Post Office boss says he didn\u2019t know they were prosecuting hundreds of subpostmasters\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rVTodffEP2U\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Two former Post Office and Royal Mail bosses have told the Horizon inquiry they did not know the Post Office was prosecuting hundreds of subpostmasters itself. <\/p>\n<p>(Subscribe: https:\/\/bit.ly\/C4_News_Subscribe) <\/p>\n<p>The Inquiry also heard that former managing director Alan Cook had blamed &quot;subbies with their hand in the till&quot; for accounting discrepancies &#8211; a phrase he said he would regret for the rest of his life. <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\nFollow us:<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two former Post Office and Royal Mail bosses have told the Horizon inquiry they did not know the Post Office was prosecuting hundreds of subpostmasters itself. 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