Metro – ‘Post Office in criminal conspiracy’
The Metro leads on the latest from the Post Office inquiry, where a forensic accountant hired to investigate the Horizon IT system felt he was “dealing with a cover-up”. Ian Henderson is one of two independent forensic accountants from Second Sight hired by the Post Office (POL) to review cases involving the Horizon software in 2012.
(Today’s news summary – Paper Talk)
- Forensic accountants sacked by Post Office for ‘getting too close to the truth’. A forensic accountant who was called in by the Post Office to investigate the Horizon software thinks he was fired because he was ‘getting too close to the truth’. Speaking at the Horizon IT inquiry, Mr Henderson claimed that ex-Post Office chief Paula Vennells ‘frequently and consistently’ tried to steer him away from investigating potential miscarriages of justice. [https://metro.co.uk/2024/06/18/forensic-accountants-sacked-post-office-getting-close-truth-21058773/]
- British businessman shoots TV star wife in murder-suicide in Turkey. A British businessman has killed his wife before shooting himself in an apparent murder-suicide. David Thomas Blyth, 53, shot singer, TV presenter and comedian Victoria Vera Blyth at their villa in Ankara, Turkey, while their three young children were at home. [https://metro.co.uk/2024/06/18/british-businessman-shoots-tv-star-wife-murder-suicide-turkey-21059985/?ico=top-stories_home_top]
- Laurence Fox confirms engagement to conspiracy theorist podcaster after splitting from ex weeks before marriage. Laurence Fox has announced he will marry his conspiracy theorist podcaster girlfriend Liz Barker. The disgraced former GB News presenter’s engagement news comes the year after he split from ex-fiancée Arabella Fleetwood Neagle shortly before they had been expected to walk down the aisle. [https://metro.co.uk/2024/06/19/laurence-fox-confirms-engagement-podcaster-break-ex-21062490/?ico=mosaic_home]
- Justin Timberlake suffers humiliating blow during drink-drive arrest. An officer who arrested Justin Timberlake for driving while intoxicated was ‘so young’ that he reportedly had no idea who the pop singer was. [https://metro.co.uk/2024/06/18/justin-timberlake-arrested-driving-intoxicated-21057980/?ico=mosaic_home]
