POST OFFICE SCANDAL: Lord Advocate grilled admits 4 subpostmasters convicted after Horizon warnings
The Post Office has been stripped of its status as a specialist reporting agency to Scotland's prosecutors due to the Horizon scandal, MSPs have been told.
Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC, who leads the Crown Office, said the Post Office would instead have to report allegations of crimes to the police.Appearing at the Scottish Parliament on Thursday, Ms Bain also sought to defend the Crown from suggestions it should have been more suspicious of the flawed evidence from the Horizon system.
She has previously told MSPs that 54 people are thought to have been affected by the scandal north of the border.Earlier this week, the Scottish Government brought forward emergency legislation to clear the name of Scottish subpostmasters who were wrongly convicted.
As well as being the head of the Crown Office, the Lord Advocate is also the Scottish Government's principal legal adviser.
Ms Bain provided a further update to MSPs on progress on the Horizon cases on Thursday, after opposition parties had called for her to give another statement to Parliament.
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many postemaster were unlawfully pressurized into pleading guilty so as not to go to jail.
@classicraceruk1337
13 күн бұрын
True, pressurised by false evidence. This being the Horizon system was infallible.
@ronniemac2636
3 күн бұрын
Bain decided that some people were guilty and refused to help them. She needs to resign. Of course she won't given her affiliations with the corruption SNP
She should not be part of any government.!!! She should be independent of and seen to be independent. It is an absolute disgrace.!!!!
@lindamillar2505
15 күн бұрын
Agree totally
Another load of tosh and chronic deflections.🎉😢
Thirty minutes set aside to discuss this national disgrace with people's lives ruined is nauseating. How can anyone trust this Lord Advocate?
@lindamillar2505
15 күн бұрын
You can't trust her they are all corrupt in Holyrood
Yes I agree she should be completely Independent of the ruling government
@margaretwyatt6689
15 күн бұрын
I have always said this
Presiding Officers are a waste of space! We want to know ALL the facts.
She does not inspire confidence 😞
Not very convincing or assertive as Scotlands no 1 law czar. How could you expect her to prosecute the SNP? Totally farcical
Being a very senior solicitor her evidence was very shaky and she looked drawn and worried for someone in her position as lord advocate , she knows that she and the crown office is exposed to public scrutiny and that she may yet be held to account, criminally or civilly. Even when receiving professional police evidence if a prosecutor is not fully happy with the evidence supplied or sees any any weakness in the case then they commonly question the reporting police officer to explain elements of that evidence until they are fully happy to continue with any prosecution. she should have done so with the post offices evidence instead of just accepting there evidence on face value. she is now trying to divert her failings and incompetence by alleging that others are responsible for hoodwinking her this is what happens with political appointments, retired scottish police officer
OMG - talk about gross incompetence and a massive failure in the judicial system
@AnnePhillips-kj4kq
13 күн бұрын
What rubbish jog on.
How embarrassing, she comes across as weak, nervous and completely incompetent.
Fully independent and yet she is sitting in the SNP benches surrounded by her fellow snp members. she has disgraced the office of lord advocate she is not accountable to the scottish parliament only the SNP
How many words are required to say aye or nay ?
she is so out of touch
So Mr Brown just read word for word from a piece of prepared paper seconds from her speech, it all looks so rotten and a set-up.
Oh dear there is no hope, role on 2026!
30 MINUTES ALLOCATED!!! absolutely shocking. And it includes her waffling on 😡
Very well prepared and assertive as the Lord Advocate - NOT!!
Does not inspire confidence does she? Is this woman really the best we have to do this role? If she is no wonder we are doomed. What an absolute joke! I had to switch it off after about 30 secs of her starting it was soooooo bad!
The gamekeeper must not be a poacher and the security guard must not be a convicted criminal. Unless it’s the SNP.
Innocent people jailed to cover up an organisations reputation: disgrace
Am I watching a play, it's so well rehearsed. Sadly another example of people in power taking the jolly ..
All in the same trough. They lack empathy and any form of understanding. They are overpaid judge and jury and should have this removed from their hands.
What a waste of space!!😢 surprised they gave 30 minutes to the subject!!
Basically the Post office said jump, and the law officers said how high!
She is serially incompetent: countless costly appeals lying in the dust, her bad advice to the SNP "government" leading to catastrophic, politically-motivated lawsuits. Her perpetually sad face, robotic delivery, hapless demeanour, say it all.
I’d call it a circus but a circus normally only have one clown
@AnnePhillips-kj4kq
13 күн бұрын
Your that clown
Why after all this time hasn't Vennels received a prison sentence....it's so wrong...they shiuld not get away with this scandal.
Even the PO said things SHOULD have been done differently. Lord Arbuthnot said this in his evidence in 2015 before the GE.
what I want to know is was she dragged through a hedge backwards?
@stevesmall3750
15 күн бұрын
🤣
@alanthorburn5073
15 күн бұрын
Well some folk find 1/4 of a million pounds a year not enough to deal with.
@lindamillar2505
15 күн бұрын
Looks like it She obviously can afford a decent hairdresser but can't be arsed.
Why does she read her answers..clearly preprepared to be used what ever the question..she is a incapable of thinking on her feet
Crown office over the many years took the word of the PO officials. Shame Crown office was so trusting and even lazy as no real scrutiny was made, Hope practices have changed for the better. Feel very, very, sorry for the all those wrongly convicted, and or abused in anyway. Disgraceful!!
She sounds like a bloody robot!
There will NEVER be any forgiveness of these tyrannical Post Office personnel, Fujitsu, and ALL MPs who knew of the problem. They should all pay the ultimate price for their ineptness..!!
"From my understanding ... ."
What a sham embarrassing
@AnnePhillips-kj4kq
13 күн бұрын
Grow up.
@jimmymcdonald426
13 күн бұрын
Really embarrassing
It says here……..😂😂😂
totally out of her depth her answers are terrible, confidence in her is nil, she is a typical snp mp not fit for any duty let alone the lord advocate she is a sham watch her eyes she blinks continuously a sure sign of incompetence
Looks and sounds like workers playtime . . . .
@lindamillar2505
15 күн бұрын
A bloody mess of a woman
A very good trained liar
She does a Sturgeon and answers nothing directly.Yet again no answers.
@neils4886
11 күн бұрын
She’s reading out answers to FAQ’s typed out by a medium grade, pen pushing civil servant.
Bain must resign.
Problems with Horizon were known from 1999
This woman is about as effective for justice as a vegan would be advocating for a butchers shop.
Example of snp no answer
What a sham! This isn’t enough time to get any legitimate answers to serious questions and the true scope if the question is essentially cut off. What a farce!
Anyone spot Nicola Sturgeons best friend talking,draw your own conclusions,this women should be independent NOT in the snp front bench.
If ever there was a more blatant conflict of interest going on, I’ve yet to see it.
Time the Law Society stepped in. The need to investigate her independence she does not have.
You should not be in a position as lord advocate as well as being part of an SNP government btw your voice is condescending hen 😡
@thesmallerhalf1968
14 күн бұрын
‘Hen’ is also condescending. How is a voice condescending? The tone might be, but this is just in your mind.