Julian Wilson

Stephen Bradshaw has been employed at the Post Office since 1978 and was involved in the federal investigation into nine subordinates, including Lisa Brennan, a former counter clerk at a Huyton post office near Liverpool. Mr Bradshaw's suspects testifying spoke of his 'confrontational' demeanor and 'unbearable' attitude, according to the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry. When waiting for a meeting before having to use a'very small parcel lift,' a wheelchair user said she was refused a chair because she couldn't scale the stairs.

Stephen Bradshaw has been employed at the Post Office since 1978 and was involved in the criminal investigation into nine subordinates, including Lisa Brennan, a former counter clerk at a post office in Huyton, who was falsely accused of stealing £3,000 in 2003. Mr Bradshaw, who appeared as a witness to the Horizon IT probe this morning, said he was not "scientically minded" and was not equipped to know whether there were bugs or errors in the Horizon accounting software.

Gary Thomas, a long-serving employee, told the Post Office Horizon inquiry that an incentive program containing 'bonus goals' had influenced his behavior as an investigator. The security team soldier said in an email exchange with a colleague when he was the lead investigator in the case of posthumously cleared postmaster Julian Wilson, that he wanted to show that there was no "Case for the Justice of Thieving Subposters." In 2008, Mr Wilson was found guilty of stealing £27,000 at his Post Office in Astwood Bank, Worcestershire. In 2016, he died of bowl cancer at the age of 67, but he didn't live long enough to see his name cleared. In 2021, his conviction was reversed five years later. Karen, his widow, has since said that her husband had discussed suicide and that the anxiety triggered by the Horizon IT scandal may have contributed to his early death. It comes as Post Office victim Alan Bates has reported that the legal battle for those who are seeking compensation for the Horizon affair will continue.