A former Post Office boss has told the inquiry he is “hugely apologetic” for celebrating when a pregnant post-mistress was jailed.
Seema Misra was sentenced to 15 months in prison in 2010 after being wrongfully blamed for a £74,000 shortfall in her accounts.
In an email sent to Post Office executives including Paula Vennells, David Smith wrote: “Brilliant news. Well done. Please pass on my thanks to the team.”
In his witness statement published today, Mr Smith wrote: “However, knowing what I do now, it is evident that my email would have caused Seema Misra and her family substantial distress to read and I would like to apologise for that.”
Mr Smith said his comment of “brilliant news” was in relation to Horizon being “proved to be robust following the testing of evidence in the trial”.
He added: “I would absolutely never think that it was `brilliant news’ for a pregnant woman to go to prison and I am hugely apologetic that my email can be read as such.”
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