Ex-Royal Mail CEO casts doubt on Post Office boss’s ‘I did not know’ defence, inquiry heard

The Royal Mail’s former chief executive has cast doubt on an ex-Post Office boss’s claim that he did not know the organisation brought #prosecutions against its own staff. This morning Alan Cook, who was managing director of the Post Office from 2006 to 2010, told the Horizon inquiry he had not heard anything “sufficiently categoric” to suggest that the Post Office was the sole party involved in choosing to prosecute sub-postmasters until 2009. Yet Mr Crozier, who was chief executive of Royal Mail Group from 2003 to 2010, told the inquiry he would find this “surprising”. Read more: #postoffice #horizon Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just £1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now: Get the latest