Post Office inquiry live: Angela van den Bogerd shown letter blaming PO for postmaster’s death – BBC News
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SummaryAngela van den Bogerd, a director at the Post Office for years, is giving eence for a second dayShe’s been shown a letter from 2013 in which a sub-postmaster’s daughter said she “solely” blamed the Post Office for her father’s deathMartin Griffiths took his own life in 2013 after being falsely accused of stealing £100,000 from his Ellesmere Port branchVan den Bogerd tells the inquiry his case was “tragic” and says she was “concerned for the family” after his deathShe worked for the Post Office from 1985-2020 and handled many sub-postmasters’ complaints about the Horizon IT systemBetween 1999 and 2015, more than 900 sub-postmasters were prosecuted because issues with Horizon made it look like money was missing from branchesYou can watch the inquiry live at the top of this page by clicking the play buttonLive ReportingRelated Stories
