Karl Flinders
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Chief reporter at Computer Weekly. Wallsend to that London. Helped expose Post Office Horizon scandal
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Fujitsu boss has been a Post Office scandal bystander for over a decade | Computer Weekly
IT supplier’s European boss was kept up to date with challenges to the Horizon system, but like others, remained silent.
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All eyes on Fujitsu boss Paul Patterson (the bystander) today as he faces MPs in the department of business and trade select committee. #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666368...
Sir Alan Bates sets the record straight on his compensation payment #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666381...
Sir Alan Bates slams ‘nonsense’ reported about his financial redress settlement | Computer Weekly
Campaigning subpostmaster speaks out about the highly inaccurate claims about the compensation he received.
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January 30, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Sir Alan Bates sets the record straight on his compensation payment #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666381...
Fujitsu boss Paul Patterson has stepped down (fallen on his sword) #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666378...
Fujitsu boss ‘falls on his sword’ before settling with Post Office scandal victims | Computer Weekly
Fujitsu European boss is stepping down from his role amid the troubles brought on by the supplier’s central role in the Post Office scandal
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January 29, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Fujitsu boss Paul Patterson has stepped down (fallen on his sword) #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666378...
Peer Prem Sikka latest to demand a proper investigation of teh DWPs prosecutions if subpostmasters #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666376...
Peer demands independent investigation into DWP’s prosecution of subpostmasters | Computer Weekly
The DWP’s promised review of prosecutions doesn’t satisfy the demands of politicians and campaigners
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January 27, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Peer Prem Sikka latest to demand a proper investigation of teh DWPs prosecutions if subpostmasters #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666376...
Lawyers not waiting on DWP inaction over subpostmaster convictions #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666374...
DWP review of Post Office worker prosecutions yet to start, months after announcement | Computer Weekly
The DWP said in August that it would carry out an independent review of prosecutions of subpostmasters, but has not yet appointed a reviewer
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January 22, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Lawyers not waiting on DWP inaction over subpostmaster convictions #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666374...
Betty Brown puts Fujitsu in her sights #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666372...
Post Office scandal’s oldest victim calls for total ban on Fujitsu | Computer Weekly
Betty Brown wants the IT supplier at the centre of the Post Office scandal banned from all government contracts.
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January 13, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Betty Brown puts Fujitsu in her sights #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666372...
I never write opinion pieces and stick to fact and analysis, but I made an exception for this one. #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/opinion/MPs-...
MPs could be unintentionally going easy on tech ‘parasite’ in Post Office scandal bill | Computer Weekly
Fujitsu’s Post Office scandal bill should be a share of a figure much higher than the £1.8bn compensation costs cited in a Parliamentary committee.
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January 9, 2026 at 4:18 PM
I never write opinion pieces and stick to fact and analysis, but I made an exception for this one. #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/opinion/MPs-...
Pretty significant what the CCRC said yesterday about scope of its Post Office related work #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666369...
CCRC says multiple Post Office software systems potentially implicated in miscarriages of justice | Computer Weekly
Statutory body said its work has widened to multiple IT systems, and could even look at potential Post Office miscarriages of justice with no link to IT.
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January 7, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Pretty significant what the CCRC said yesterday about scope of its Post Office related work #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666369...
Fujitsu's workers are at risk as a result of the mistakes and neglect of their bosses past and present. #PostOfficeScandal
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Fujitsu UK job cuts as staff pay the price for failures of top executives | Computer Weekly
Troubled IT giant’s staff are paying the price for senior management failures over Post Office Scandal
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January 6, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Fujitsu's workers are at risk as a result of the mistakes and neglect of their bosses past and present. #PostOfficeScandal
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Fujitsu staff working on Post Office Ltd Horizon support team were “legalised hackers” according to whistleblower. #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666367...
Former Fujitsu IT support team were ‘legalised hackers’ | Computer Weekly
Back doors meant it was possible for Fujitsu staff to steal money from Post Office branches
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January 6, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Fujitsu staff working on Post Office Ltd Horizon support team were “legalised hackers” according to whistleblower. #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666367...
All eyes on Fujitsu boss Paul Patterson (the bystander) today as he faces MPs in the department of business and trade select committee. #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666368...
Fujitsu boss has been a Post Office scandal bystander for over a decade | Computer Weekly
IT supplier’s European boss was kept up to date with challenges to the Horizon system, but like others, remained silent.
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January 6, 2026 at 9:40 AM
All eyes on Fujitsu boss Paul Patterson (the bystander) today as he faces MPs in the department of business and trade select committee. #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666368...
What do you expect in the Post Office Horizon scandal this year?https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636915/What-will-the-Post-Office-scandal-bring-in-2026
What will the Post Office scandal bring in 2026? | Computer Weekly
Campaigners are waiting to see what will unfold in the Post Office scandal in 2026, but history has told them not to hold their breath.
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January 5, 2026 at 2:55 PM
What do you expect in the Post Office Horizon scandal this year?https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636915/What-will-the-Post-Office-scandal-bring-in-2026
This year has seen the Post Office scandal continue do dominate me coverage. About 80 Articles this year. Here is a selection. www.computerweekly.com/news/3666362...
Top 10 Post Office scandal stories of 2025 | Computer Weekly
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Post Office scandal stories of 2025.
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December 29, 2025 at 9:15 AM
This year has seen the Post Office scandal continue do dominate me coverage. About 80 Articles this year. Here is a selection. www.computerweekly.com/news/3666362...
Is Fujitsu government business dyke begining to crack? #PostOffiecScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666362...
Fujitsu underestimated Post Office scandal backlash | Computer Weekly
Fujitsu loses UK government megadeal despite internal confidence, as political pressure mounts.
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December 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Is Fujitsu government business dyke begining to crack? #PostOffiecScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666362...
I asked the Met Police's Stephen Clayman who is heading up the #PostOfficeScandal investigation, Operation Olympos, whether he was confortable with Fujitsu supplying tech that investigators use. Read what he said www.computerweekly.com/news/3666356...
Fujitsu police contract ‘complicates’ Post Office investigation | Computer Weekly
National Police investigation into Post Office scandal uses IT infrastructure provided by Fujitsu.
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December 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I asked the Met Police's Stephen Clayman who is heading up the #PostOfficeScandal investigation, Operation Olympos, whether he was confortable with Fujitsu supplying tech that investigators use. Read what he said www.computerweekly.com/news/3666356...
I asked the Met Police's Stephen Clayman who is heading up the #PostOfficeScandal investigation, Operation Olympos, whether he was confortable with Fujitsu supplying tech that investigators use. Read what he said www.computerweekly.com/news/3666356...
Fujitsu police contract ‘complicates’ Post Office investigation | Computer Weekly
National Police investigation into Post Office scandal uses IT infrastructure provided by Fujitsu.
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December 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I asked the Met Police's Stephen Clayman who is heading up the #PostOfficeScandal investigation, Operation Olympos, whether he was confortable with Fujitsu supplying tech that investigators use. Read what he said www.computerweekly.com/news/3666356...
Post Office avoids £1m fine after data breach Victims of the #PostOfficeScandal weren't so lucky www.computerweekly.com/news/3666355...
Post Office avoids £1m fine over botched website upgrade data breach | Computer Weekly
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) considered fining the Post Office £1m for a 2024 data breach that let subpostmasters down again.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Post Office avoids £1m fine after data breach Victims of the #PostOfficeScandal weren't so lucky www.computerweekly.com/news/3666355...
Police might travel to Australia to track down former Post Office legal boss, Jane MacLeod in #PostOfficeScandal probe www.computerweekly.com/news/3666356...
Former Post Office legal boss won’t escape police reach | Computer Weekly
Police said they will question those who evaded public inquiry and named former legal boss Jane MacLeod as example
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December 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Police might travel to Australia to track down former Post Office legal boss, Jane MacLeod in #PostOfficeScandal probe www.computerweekly.com/news/3666356...
Dodgy government computer? Who'd have thought? #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666347...
Subpostmaster was told no jury would believe Post Office had ‘dodgy computer’ | Computer Weekly
Academic research says the wrongful prosecution of subpostmasters casts doubt on ‘golden thread’ of British justice, that people are innocent until proven guilty.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Dodgy government computer? Who'd have thought? #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666347...
Fujitsu still being paid millions by all of us and we have no choice #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666345...
Fujitsu milks £110m from HMRC in six months with hardly a public stir | Computer Weekly
IT giant has pocketed £110m from deals with HMRC in six months since the end of March this year.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Fujitsu still being paid millions by all of us and we have no choice #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666345...
Don't hold your breath over the Post Office's ditching Fujitsu in 2027 - option for extention to 2028 written into contract #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666344...
Post Office contract with Fujitsu has option to extend into 2028 | Computer Weekly
Extention agreement for controversial Horizon contract with Fujitsu has option that could take the relationship well into 2028.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Don't hold your breath over the Post Office's ditching Fujitsu in 2027 - option for extention to 2028 written into contract #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666344...
This Fujistu extension becomes less surprising everytime #PostOffiecScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666343...
Post Office extends controversial Fujitsu contract in £41m deal | Computer Weekly
The Post Office’s controversial Horizon contract with Fujitsu will run at least until March 2027
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November 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
This Fujistu extension becomes less surprising everytime #PostOffiecScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666343...
Read about a Horizon defect that has been around for years, "sufficiently serious" enough for Ron Warmington to write to public inquiry #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666335...
Post Office scandal investigator warns public inquiry about Horizon defect at large for years | Computer Weekly
Forensic accountant who helped expose Horizon scandal described defect ‘sufficiently serious’ to inform public inquiry.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Read about a Horizon defect that has been around for years, "sufficiently serious" enough for Ron Warmington to write to public inquiry #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666335...
Read about a Horizon defect that has been around for years, "sufficiently serious" enough for Ron Warmington to write to public inquiry #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666335...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Read about a Horizon defect that has been around for years, "sufficiently serious" enough for Ron Warmington to write to public inquiry #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666335...
Anger as Fujitsu’s UK government work grows #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666336...
Peer angry as sales figures suggest Fujitsu has weathered Post Office scandal storm | Computer Weekly
Japanese IT supplier managed to grow its UK public sector business last year despite the fallout of the Post Office scandal.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Anger as Fujitsu’s UK government work grows #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666336...
Post Office Capture victims should be treated like us, says former Horizon system user as Capture user calls compensation scheme “discriminatory” #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666336...
Post Office Capture redress scheme ‘went down like lead balloon’ and is ‘discriminatory’ | Computer Weekly
Subpostmasters frustrated after meeting with government minister on the announcement of compensation scheme for those who had problems with Post Office Capture.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Post Office Capture victims should be treated like us, says former Horizon system user as Capture user calls compensation scheme “discriminatory” #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666336...