Post Office Horizon inquiry: former IT chief saw only ‘minor bugs and glitches’
The former head of IT at the Post Office named by the ex-chief executive Paula Vennells as one of five people responsible for the Horizon scandal has said he still has not seen evidence of a “fundamental flaw” in the IT system.
Mike Young, who worked at the Post Office from 2008-2012 when the legacy Horizon was moved to an online system, was giving evidence to the public inquiry into the scandal on Tuesday, months after it was told “he could not be found” to add him to the witness list.
He told the hearing: “I did not see anything fundamentally wrong with Horizon, or its IT code, at the time, other than minor bugs and glitches that would normally be expected in a pilot.
“Still, to this day, I am unaware of an identified part of Horizon code that someone can point to show that Horizon is fundamentally flawed. I understand Horizon Online is still used today.”
Young, who served in the army and rose to the rank of detective sergeant in the police before entering the business world, also defended the ability to remotely access IT systems.
