Robin Garbutt says Horizon system was used to frame him for wife’s murder

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...r-wifes-murder

Was going to start a thread about this - it's already been raised in the PO miscarriage of Justice thread but I think it warrants its own thread.

This could be yet another example of an issue in the E&W justice system since 1999 when the rule on digital evidence was changed so it was to be considered reliable unless show not to be.

One really must hope that the PO did disclose to the prosecution and defence in this case the issues with Horizon evidence surely, they can't have not done so? Yet the report indicates the evidence was used and wasn't challenged, whether he killed his wife or not I think there has to now be grounds for his case to reconsidered and checked to see how the jury was directed.

Quote:

...snip.... With no DNA evidence to link him to the murder or the metal bar used to kill Diana, Garbutt was convicted in part after the jury heard evidence from a Post Office investigator using data from the Horizon system. This purportedly showed he was stealing money from the Post Office and then killed his wife to cover up his theft. The prosecution claimed Garbutt concealed his theft via a series of false declarations about the amount of money in the Post Office safe. The investigator told the jury the pattern of high overnight cash declarations was one “I have seen replicated across many Post Office Limited fraud cases in the past”. The jury was told he may have staged the armed robbery to cover up the losses, killing Diana either to make it look “real” or because she had found out what he was doing and he needed to silence her. ...snip...

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