The former expert witness tells the inquiry he was among engineers called upon to examine potential bugs, admitting that while there were some glitches the Horizon systems mostly functioned as they should.
One of the architects of the Post Office Horizon accounting system has admitted there were 'discreet' bugs but it generally 'worked well', dismissing suggestions he had knowledge of widespread flaws. Gareth Jenkins, who was a lead engineer at Horizon supplier Fujitsu, told the public inquiry into the IT scandal that while pilots for both Horizon systems encountered troubles, systemic issues he was aware of were ironed out.
The inquiry has already heard Mr Jenkins was used on multiple occasions to provide information as the Post Office took sub-postmasters to court. He said on Tuesday he was among individual engineers who would be asked to investigate a potential bug should an issue arise, describing one such occasion. 'There was a mismatch in the Post Office back end accounts,' he said, explaining how he realised the problem was due to it taking the 'accounts at different times'.
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