Sue Bailey MA, FCIPD

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@kelly_walker First step complete. Let’s hope netball in the mix!

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@aHeadofHR Thanks for sharing Sue, what a kind and helpful gesture. 💜

Sad news. He helped me when I was doing a @CIPD qualification many years ago. I wrote to him and he took the trouble to reply personally #hrqualification #cipd

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@Carlier_J87 Incredible duplicity and surely not fit for purpose @TheFCA #integrity #PostOfficeScandal

This from the excellent Post Office Scandal blog ( postofficescandal.uk/post/criminal-… ) The extract below is one of many blood boiling exposures by the Public Inquiry. It will have been unequivocally clear to any reasonable minded person that if the new sub postmaster who succeeded Janet Skinner was experiencing the same Horizon issues and the same discrepancies, then there had to be some truth to Janet's repeated concerns raised about Horizon and that any action against Janet must have been groundless, or questionable at best, and should be halted immediately. WHEREAS, the Post Office instead......stopped any further investigation of the new sub postmaster and her discrepancies, ensuring any evidence was therefore 'buried' or not discovered, and proceeded with their actions against Janet. I'm sorry but how is that not completely demonstrative of criminal intent and criminal conspiracy? "Finally, Ed Henry KC brought up Janet Skinner’s case. Janet had huge problems with the Horizon system at her North Bransholme branch in Hull. She had been reporting them to the Horizon helpline, making 116 calls in total, but was nevertheless suspended over an alleged £60,000 discrepancy and was prosecuted for theft. Mr Henry pointed out that Janet’s successor at the same branch, Wendy Lyell, survived a few weeks before she too was arrested on suspicion of theft when the same Horizon system generated more discrepancies. It transpires that one of Pardoe’s subordinates, Mick Matthews, was investigating Janet Skinner for the purposes of issuing a Proceeds of Crime Act Order against her when he clocked that Wendy Lyell had suffered discrepancies immediately after taking over from Janet. Matthews wrote in a financial investigation policy log that he sought to find out what had happened with regard to investigating Wendy Lyell’s case. He reported that on doing so he: “received an email from Dave Pardoe, my new line manager, to the effect that no further resources were to be expended on the case in respect of Wendy Lyell.” Matthews was concerned. “It occurred to me that in the interests of justice we could be rightly criticised for not carrying out a comprehensive investigation into Wendy Lyell. I spoke with and asked [Pardoe] to reconsider allocating resources in order for the matter to be further investigated." Pardoe reportedly replied that he would not reconsider, allegedly adding: “… if we are criticised, so be it.” No further investigation resource was allocated. Yesterday, Pardoe told Henry that he didn’t recall this episode, nor was it consistent “within my leadership style.” Janet Skinner was persuaded to plead guilty to theft to avoid a custodial sentence, but the judge sent her to prison for nine months anyway. Janet lost her house and moved into rented accommodation with her young children. The Post Office pursued her for the money she had allegedly stolen, and issued a warrant for her arrest when the Proceeds of Crime Act Order demands (presumably put together by Mick Matthews) went unanswered, having been sent to her repossessed home. Eighteen months after being sent to prison, and suffering the stress of nearly going back, Janet suffered a complete neurological collapse by transverse myelitis. She was temporarily paralysed and told she might never walk again. Thankfully Janet has partially overcome her illness and has lived to see her conviction quashed." The damage to Janet will be lifelong regardless of any compensation or remedy. There has to be criminal prosecutions of those involved, not only as part of the justice for the sub postmasters but as a deterrent for all in public office. Without prosecutions of those involved, it only serves to guarantee a future scandal, and the next and the next. Karen Baxter former Commander of City of London Police (COLP) the UK's economic crime and fraud agency, and now (despite extraordinary and catastrophic failures by that force on her watch) Director of Enforcement at the FCA, told a Parliamentary meeting last year at which I was present that: "Victims of fraud are not bothered about people being prosecuted. They only want their money back". FALSE. I guarantee that every victim of a future fraud that occurred because you failed to prosecute a prior fraud, are absolutely bothered by your failure to prosecute the prior fraud. If these Post Office employees were aware of prior criminal prosecutions for other scandals in public office, would this scandal have occurred? I find it hard to believe that anyone would have so willingly crossed lines, and so willingly been prepared to undertake the actions such as those described above and those exposed by the ongoing Inquiry and the new ITV Drama, had they believed there was even the remotest possibility of a reckoning for them. They wrote quite shocking emails that are now being revealed and scrutinised by the Inquiry, and that they knew at the time of writing would forever exist such is the nature of electronic communications. They didn't care. They knew what they were doing was wrong, and likely also knew it was criminal. But they also knew they would never likely be held accountable. They knew that senior execs and the lawyers would 'have their backs'. Even if just one of those involved was fearful of a criminal prosecution against them because of prosecutions from a prior scandal, it could have made all the difference and prevented this scandal, and the untold damage that has resulted from it, from occurring in the first place. Effective oversight = (effective enforcement + effective deterrent) + reduction of future costs to investigate & enforce. @TransparencyTF @APPGbanking @appgonpbandffs @AWhistleblowing @APPGInvestFraud @PostOffInquiry @stugoo17 @CastletonLee @PaulMar72224296 @chrish9070 @nickwallis @PrivateEyeNews @RevRichardColes @carolvorders @ElCShaikh @PostOffice @BBCNews @itvnews @TomWitherow @Janetsk20073533 @RichardMoorhead #PostOfficeScandal #PostOfficeInquiry #injustice #MrBatesVsThePostOffice #MrBates #MrBatesvsPostOffice #perjury #fraud #miscarriageofjustice

@NormanBrennan And read this postofficescandal.uk/post/more-sing…

Folks you know this Post Office story; Matron used to work in the post office with the guy who got 3yrs inside & did Feck all wrong; he & Matrons female colleague were made redundant so put their redundancy together & bought the sub post office in Surrey both were Honest hard workers & decent people; Matron moved on to work in a bank full time; last night we watched Three of the Four Episodes back to back for 3hrs; These two who bought the sub post office could not understand where HUGE sums of money had gone; they suspected their staff had stolen the money for example they went through hell the money just didn’t tally; The Post office MAFIA turned up; there was just no reasoning with them Feckers; the branch was closed down; they both lost their Investment houses both went bankrupt & lost everything; The guy was the postmaster as you can’t have two; he got sent to prison for Three Years; in a cell 20 odd hours a day & he had NOT stolen a PENNY; he was a broken man; As Matron told me their story as we watched the programmes I could feel anger & utter disbelief at how appalling these Sub Post masters were treated; some I understand committed suicide & self harmed; This scandal in terms of failure of these people reminded me of the hundreds of the Rochdale Child Victims who were failed; understand I mean ‘Failure’ Each & Every one of these Ex sub postmasters should be awarded a MINIMUM of a MILLION POUNDS; I understand it’s currently £600k AND? It’s still going on 20yrs later WITHOUT a proper conclusion! Someone needs to get a grip of this Travesty & Hundreds of Miscarriages of justice & pay these victims their RIGHTFUL compensation before more die not knowing that they have been cleared exonerated & properly compensated! If you haven’t watched the 4 part series on ITV please do; and the Actors who played the part of victims were absolutely outstanding!👏 Ps I’m a suspicious fecker; I wonder if someone in that massive computer bureau had something to do with all of this; as experts who write computer programmes can easily wipe activity from it without trace; If that is the case someone has destroyed over 700 lives; if Not that changes nothing as over 700 lives have been destroyed; I’m not normally one to demand a CBE etc is Revoked But the CEO of the post officer who conveniently resigned & stepped away if she has any decency or respect should hand her CBE back at it was given for her services to the Postal Industry; are we having a Fecking Laugh🤷‍♂️🙄 I also hope that the police will methodically investigate this matter & I personally would offer any services I could offer for a month Free of charge! Stay Strong Stay Safe Nite👋

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