Former Royal Mail Chair Among Witnesses In Post Office Inquiry Phases 5 And 6

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 26: Allan Leighton, former Chair of Royal Mail Holdings and Post Office Ltd, arrives at Aldwych House for the Post Office Inquiry on July 26, 2024 in London, England. The witnesses in attendance were Allan Leighton, former Chair of Royal Mail Holdings and Post Office Ltd, and Martin Edwards, former Chief of Staff to the CEO and Group Strategy Director at Post Office Ltd. The inquiry is investigating the wrongful prosecution of Post Office workers over a 16-year period starting just before the new millennium. Between 1999 and 2015, more than 700 Post Office branch managers received criminal convictions, and some were sent to prison, when the faulty Horizon IT system made it appear that money was missing from their sites. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)