An investigation into the accounting software the Post Office used before its controversial Horizon system has begun contacting sub-postmasters and is due to report its findings in the autumn, it has been announced. Risk advisory and financial solutions company Kroll has been appointed to conduct an independent, forensic investigation into the system called Capture which was used in the 1990s before Horizon was rolled out across Post Office branches.
Read more:Compensation system could be transformed by European rulingPost Office hero 'was asked to open Glastonbury' The fact the Post Office will have no involvement was also welcomed by Mr Marston. 'They've got no connection at all with the Post Office in the sense that they can't influence what's said which is very important in what's going to be happening,' he said.