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Re:A TV Show Forced Britain's Devastating Post Office Scanda... by ndsipa_pomu on Thursday January 11, 2024 @12:45PM (#38955743)
I suspect it was more to do with bullying than the profit. Make an example of a few sub postmasters and the rest will be too scared to raise a fuss or else be sent to prison.
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Re:A TV Show Forced Britain's Devastating Post Office Scanda... by VBprogrammer on Thursday January 11, 2024 @12:52PM (#38955856)
Yeah, I can buy that. The enquiry even today was discussing how some postmasters were forced to agree not to blame Horizon in return for reduced charges. If that's the mentality then it absolutely fits.

Presumably those people potentially faced contempt of court charges if they continued to blame the system.

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