The inquiry also heard the Post Office feared subpostmasters who had been convicted of offences based on Horizon evidence would jump on a 'bandwagon' and challenge convictions.
Post Office lawyer Rodric Williams said allegation was 'extremely serious'The Post Office 'shredded' records of meetings about problems with its Horizon IT system, the inquiry into the scandal was told yesterday.
Addressing the destruction of meeting minutes in advice given to the organisation, Mr Clarke had written: 'An instruction was then given that those emails and minutes should be, and have been, destroyed: the word 'shredded' was conveyed to me.' Advertisement Mr Beer continued: 'Presumably you were quite shocked to read it?', with the witness answering: 'Yes.'
While he said there should have been an investigation, no consideration was given to reporting the matter to the police, he added. Mr Williams told the probe he was 'truly sorry' for being associated with the 'greatest miscarriage of justice we've seen'.
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