The Post Office deleted references to bugs and errors from Fujitsu witness statements, the director of Fujitsu has claimed.

William Paul Patterson said that Fujitsu witness statements submitted to the Post Office to use in court proceedings against accused subpostmasters had been tampered with when they appeared in court.

Mr Patterson made the claims whilst giving evidence at the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry, which is investigating the miscarriage of justice of more than 700 subpostmasters being wrongly convicted of fraud due to a faulty IT system.

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