Horizon scandal: More than £1m claimed as Post Office 'profit' may have come from sub-postmasters

More than £1m of unexplained transactions were transferred in to Post Office profit at the height of the Horizon scandal, leaked documents have shown. The papers, seen by Sky News, show a snapshot of transfers from a Post Office "miscellaneous client" suspense account over a four-year period, up to 2014. A suspense account is where unexplained, or disputed, transactions remain until they are able to be "reconciled". The Post Office released a statement in response to the findings, saying: "The statutory public inquiry, chaired by a judge with the power to question witnesses under oath, is the best forum to examine the issues raised by this evidence. "We continue to remain fully focused on supporting the inquiry to get to the truth of what happened and accountability for that." Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/horizon-scandal-more-than-1m-claimed-as-post-office-profit-may-have-come-from-sub-postmasters-13103425 #postoffice #politics #horizon SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/skynewsdaily/ Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here/Los video de Sky News están disponibles en español aquí: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales