As managing director of the group from 2006 to 2010, Alan Cook was at the helm when around 200 prosecutions were brought against subpostmasters, but says he was 'unaware' it it had initiated criminal proceedings against individuals.
A Post Office boss blamed cash shortfalls caused by computer glitches on branch managers 'with their hand in the till'. An email written by Alan Cook, who was managing director of the group from 2006 to 2010, was read out to the public inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal. Giving evidence to the public probe on Friday, he said it was an expression he would 'regret for the rest of my life'. Mr Cook was at the helm when about 200 prosecutions were brought against subpostmasters.
' During his time as non-executive director of the Post Office, Mr Cook said it was his 'regret' he failed to properly understand minutes of a meeting which said the organisation had a 'principle of undertaking prosecutions'.
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