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El Shaikh

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El Shaikh

@ElCShaikh

Supporter of Sub-Postmasters in their fight for justice & compensation in the ongoing Post Office Horizon Scandal

Joined February 2019

El Shaikh
@ElCShaikh
May 19, 2024
1/4 In an email of 2019, just weeks before the Horizon Issues trial, I alerted Paula Vennells to Chirag’s second £5k ‘shortfall’ which arose during an 8 month branch closure when the Horizon system was dormant & the safe remained sealed:
El Shaikh
@ElCShaikh
Dec 17, 2024
Last day of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry… 🆘 Thank you Jason Beer KC 🆘
El Shaikh
@ElCShaikh
Jan 9, 2024
The power of drama to shame politicians into action; two months ago Kevin Hollinrake was refusing point blank to instigate the mass exoneration of Post Office convictions:
El Shaikh
@ElCShaikh
Dec 17, 2024
Last day of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry… 🆘 Thank you Sir Wyn Williams 🆘
El Shaikh
@ElCShaikh
Jun 15, 2024
Alan Bates is to be Knighted! Congratulations to this national hero 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Alan Bates learned of Birthday Honours knighthood as Post Office boss was grilled
From bbc.co.uk
El Shaikh
@ElCShaikh
May 19, 2024
Replying to @ElCShaikh
4/4 How had Paula Vennells convinced herself that a system which could generate a £5k shortfall when not in use was more reliable than Chirag? And if she genuinely believed he had stolen £57k, why did she allow him to return to work as manager of his former post office branch?
El Shaikh
@ElCShaikh
Apr 26, 2024
1/2 Angela van den Bogerd knew that Chirag’s second £5k ‘shortfall’ of June 2018 was generated during an 8 month branch closure when the Horizon system was dormant & the safe remained sealed. PO auditors had themselves closed the system down after their audit of October 2017.
El Shaikh
@ElCShaikh
Apr 26, 2024
1/4 The sister of ex-Sub-Postmaster Martin Griffiths speaks out on a deeply painful day:
Jayne Caveen
@JayneKathryn
Apr 26, 2024
El Shaikh
@ElCShaikh
May 24, 2024
May the bells ring out for all those whose convictions are overturned today under the Horizon Offences Bill; thoughts are with those who paved the way & for those who didn’t survive to see the day. The fight continues for the many yet to be exonerated… 🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘
El Shaikh
@ElCShaikh
May 19, 2024
Replying to @ElCShaikh
3/4 But Jeremy Hunt’s recollection of his conversation with Vennells regarding Chirag’s case offered a different slant, revealing her instinctive mistrust of Sub-Postmasters:
El Shaikh
@ElCShaikh
Oct 10, 2024
1/2 At today’s Inquiry, Ed Henry asked Nick Read if it was right that Gowri Jayakanthan, whose SPM husband took his own life on the day he was audited in 2005, waited 3 yrs for the HSS to reject her claim on a technicality. Read conceded her situation was ‘desperate’.
El Shaikh
@ElCShaikh
Feb 16, 2023
Replying to @TomWitherow and @nickwallis
A brilliant piece, Tom, which highlights the ongoing nightmare of this scandal. All bankruptcy debts, incurred as a result of PO’s malicious actions, should be settled by PO on top of compensation. The Public Inquiry needs to get to grips with this without delay…
El Shaikh
@ElCShaikh
May 19, 2024
Replying to @ElCShaikh
2/4 Vennell’s response indicated her personal involvement in Chirag’s case. She offered assurance that she’d spoken to our MP, Jeremy Hunt, about the case:
El Shaikh
@ElCShaikh
Apr 5, 2024
Of all the stories we’ve heard in this scandal, this is perhaps the most brutal. Who can imagine what this lady has been through & how she fights on, against such a merciless enemy, day in day out? Thanks @TomWitherow for bringing her story into the open:
thetimes.com
Widow of postmaster who took own life is denied Post Office compensation
Previously unreported death is fifth to be linked to the Horizon IT scandal