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Jon Longman is now being asked about the case of Jennifer O'Dell. Things are getting a little technical but it boils down to what was known as far back as 2010, about the problems with the Horizon IT system.
In a write-up of an interview with O'Dell shown at the hearing, Longman wrote she blamed losses on Horizon and refused to make good the audit shortage. The inquiry lawyer is asking about issues with ARQ data - that is Audit Record Queries - which show the record of transactions.
He wrote at the time there was "not sufficient evidence to prove Mrs O'Dell, her son Daniel or husband" stole money from the Post Office and she had contacted the helpline multiple times to inform them of losses. We're seeing emails written in 2010 which highlight problems with duplicate transaction records at Horizon. The emails show that questions were being raised about the integrity of Horizon - and investigators knew about this.
"I did have reservations with this case," he now tells the hearing. Longman is asked if his department was concerned about this. "Yes" he replies.
He says looking back, this case should have led to an investigation to see if there was a fault with Horizon, and Fujitsu should have conducted this review. And another question from the inquiry lawyer - was Longman concerned about historic cases where audit data was not accurate?
Longman replies: "I take your point it maybe should've been a trigger to look back at other cases."
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