Post Office Horizon Inquiry LIVE: Barrister Simon Clarke gives evidence
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Unusually I listened to the whole of this one today. TBF to this witness, apart from Lord Arbuthnot and Mr Bates, he's the only one who has consistently given straight answers. Never resorted to 'i can't recall'. ,or I can't help you. Gave a lot of details. Some previous witnesses may be in problems because of what this man said today, people like Roderick, jarnail, and John Scott. Sir Wyn went out of his way to give this man a verbal accolade for his testimony, so that must tell you something.
He is one of the few half believable ones but is still guilty of watering down info.
Wow. Someone who can remember information and who is not continually evasive!
Although Simon Clark’s conduct while working with the Post Office has fallen short in key areas he does at least answer the questions of the inquiry which was rather refreshing after the previous witnesses.
Others have already summed up Clarke's contributions both in the inquiry and in endeavouring to address the atrocious PO behaviour at the time, so I won't repeat.
However, it is concerning that a small number of commenters in today's threads of conversation can't or won't see the difference between this witness and the likes of Singh or Williams. Is this what is meant by "trolling"?
What an enormous difference between someone such as this speaking contemporaneously about events from a decade or more ago, and others such as Singh who vehemently denies all knowledge of emails even when shown to him in black and white with his own name and server file address on it! Even though we often can’t remember details from years ago, being presented with emails and documents ought to help take one back to the moment and recall that which has been forgotten. Besides…. this scandal has gone on long enough that those involved have had plenty of time to reflect on their own actions.
Williams and Singh are in this up to their neck. Williams name keeps coming up day after day. I've watched days of this, and Williams came across as very shifty and full of shite basically. Jailtime needed here!!
Simon Clarke was an excellent witness today. The first one I have watched in full, even with his council they couldn’t get it right.
Very shifty, wouldn't trust him with anything
@@paulread8887 he’s sole inconsistency was on the disclosure of the misra case, he immediately owned up to it. He stopped all prosecutions in his jurisdiction, trashed their expert witness, wrote a prosecutions policy for the post office which basically took the ability for the post office to prosecute away from them. He also informed Scotland. I’d trust him, there was nothing about his evidence that was shifty, he conducted himself excellently and the whole room knew it.
It's just a real shame that like many others no one reported Gareth Jenkins which left someone being prosecuted when it could have been stopped.
No good saying sorry when about disclosure afterwards when it should have been highlighted at the time..... instead of turning a blind eye..... many thought that no one would ever find out.....I have no time for non of them.... they all knew and now it's a case of either blaming someone else or pretending that they can't remember or making some kind of pathetic comment of sorry.
The only reason they are saying sorry is because they have all been found out....
The lengths these people went to, to stop the public from finding out that their computer system was the only known victim of the Y2k bug.
Cleverly giving the impression of being innocent. However every answer has been well honed, he is the only one that fights back in this Inquiry making it sound like he has credibility. But still admits an error!
We need more characters like Simon Clarke in large corporates which suffer from “cultural issues” of which in my experience there’re far too many
Offended, disgraceful? That's why they are all there! Wonder how offensive and disgraceful the SPMs felt for over 20 years!
It’s curious that Clarke deigns to take offence at the inference that reaching ‘an untenable conclusion’ was intentional when he has already admitted that he had made that particular mistake….or did i miss something? Seems the future trials will come down to prosecution proving intent rather than pure negligence.
@@TM-yr3pc I think that is exactly right TM and it all suggests it will just be a rap on the knuckles for them all at most.
Having watched many ideologies on this subject, how do these people live with themselves, ? Giving in accurate information / lying and or deceiving the inquiry is this not a criminal offense.
They just do a job like anyone else. They can make a mistake but that is not an indictable offence unless they do not disclose or admit to it. Barristers and lawyers are governed by strict behavioural rules.
2:15:00 + Terrific clearly structured questioning from the Corker Binning lady - better than any fictional TV production.
13:15 to 15:50 I hope these disclosures prove all the trial judgments be quashed, and compensation FROM THE PUBLIC PURSE to those wronged is swift. Result that POL, RMG, FUJITSU be judged culpable to repay one third each to the Public Purse.
By the time this enquiry reaches its conclusions some of the guilty people will be long gone.
This is taking an awful long time. Lots of boring, forgetful witnesses. Is that the plan? Just to drag it out and bore everyone until they themselves forget? Who's running the show, Sir Humphrey Appleby?
Passports of these people should be retained by the police/court in case of flight risk !
@@ChrisBowker Ankle monitor. Ball and chain (makes it hard to get through the metal detector at airports).
Cats fighting in a sack. All those smug barristers asking the questions know theyd behave exactly the same if they were ‘acting’ for a client and paid handsomely for it.
That buffon Henry is acting for the cameras and was batted all over the pitch by todays witness😂
Irrespective, Barristers like Henry need to speak on behalf of their client's, the subpostmaster's. These questions need to be asked
Mr Clarke kept on referring to focusing on looking forward and yet spent an inordinate amount of time trying to track down who told Second Sight about the two bugs in past. Claimed he wasn’t suspicious of Gareth Jenkins yet recorded his telephone call without warning him. Is the reason he didn’t meet him in-person because they wanted a recording to use to protect themselves when they wanted a fall guy.
Is it professional etiquette for Mr Wyn to introduce his understudy,…Or is he ghost flapping.?
2010 start date was crooked. The scottish crime is enough to warrant prison. And he appears one of the few half decent ones.
Mr Henry really doesn’t like this guy.
Mr. Henry is a defense barrister who is doing his best for his client. I think he is appalled by his professional colleagues. However he could be tarring all legal witnesses with the same brush. Mr Clarke is an open witness
Mr Henry has a big ego (and he isn't a nice guy in real life btw). I enjoyed watching Mr Clarke standing up for himself.
At the end of the day, Mr Clarke (love him or hate him) was the one who stopped future prosecutions after his July advice.
Simon Clarke: not looking back only looking forward. How convenient and how pleased he is of himself to have come up with that line. His favoured tag line. He’s Cartwright King through & through. He’s not one of the ‘good guys’ whatsoever.
Be very interesting to see what the outcome of this enquiry will be probably what we all no now but Nobody will go to jail when alit of them should
Lawyers and barristers just do a job like anyone else. They can make a mistake but that is not an indictable offence unless they do not disclose or admit to it. Barristers and lawyers are governed by strict behavioural rules.
A professional bullshitter today
Simon Clarke you are a real honest Man ,well done Sir Simon Brilliant.
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