The Post Office spent £320,000 suing a postmaster during a two-year legal battle after glitches in its IT system wrongly blamed him for stealing £25,000 from the till. Lee Castleton was made bankrupt when he lost the case and was ordered to pay the Post Office's legal costs. He claimed he called the Post Office's helpline nearly every day for three months, but was unable to get to the bottom of the losses. 'When the post office closed, the children and my wife were abused in the street, my daughter was spat at on the school bus. The Post Office said: 'We accepted our past shortcomings and we have sincerely apologised to those affected.'

Source: Daily Mail February 12, 2020 00:24 UTC