Letrz: Post Ofis scandl dmandz a rīset v ǎr justișistm
Transcription of some Guardian letters of 21 July 2023
Rīdrz rspond t Mrīna Haid’z articl abt ɖ cuvr-up stl haṗnñ in plen sît
Frîde, 21 Jlî 2023
Mrīna Haid’z articl on ɖ Post Ofis scandl (Aftr 20 yirz, hir’z ẃ ɖ Post Ofis scandl z speśl: ɖ cuvr-up z haṗnñ in plen sît, 18 Jlî) pṛvîdd an xḷnt xpḷneśn v its apōlñ hisṭri n consiqnsz. Hvr, it dd nt hîlît wn mejr aspect ɖt rqîrz fl invstgeśn n ɖ pṛdux́n v rec̣mndeśnz.
Hǎ cd it hapn ɖt sć a larj-scel miscarij v justis cd ocŕ wɖt ɖ criminl corts n its jujz dscuṿrñ it ʈru ɖ trîlproses? Ẃt mec̣nizm, f eni, xistd fr jujz dīlñ wɖ sć cesz t rêz cnsrnz ǎtsd ɖ trîlproses itslf? Ɖs wz a miscarij v justis ɖt involvd mni v ɖ sem fīćrz ɖt wr preznt in ɖ infṃs miscaṛjz v justis v ɖ past – nondiscloźr, a fełr t unḍstand or fsiḷtet ɖ invstgeśn v sạntific evidns, a caźl asumśn v gilt, n resizm. Hd ɖz ʈñz bn fgotn?
An imfatic rīstetmnt v ɖ prínsipl ɖt a ci fuñśn v ɖ criminl proses z t enśur ɖt ɖ iṇsnt r nt cnvictd sīmz oṿdy. Hopḟli Sr Wiłm Blacston’z reśo, “It z betr ɖt 10 gilti prsnz iscep ɖn ɖt wn iṇsnt prsn sufr”, hz nt bn iliṃnetd fṛm ɖ c’lectiv meṃri bî a tîd v pīnl popylizm. F ɖ cuṛnt inqîri dz nt adres ɖ felñz v ɖ corts in ɖs scandl, ɖen ɖt nīdz t b indipndntli adrest elsẃr.
Nicḷs Cŭc CC
Nyport
I wz a subpostmastr fr et yirz, fṛm 2006 t 2014, n livd in dred v evri Wnzde’z “baḷns”. Dspt mî dêli caś-up olwz baḷnsñ, dwñ ɖ wīcli baḷns inverịbli śoud a śortfōl – yẓ́li runñ t a fy hundṛd pǎndz, ẃć I wz olwz luci inuf t b ebl t pe ǎt v ɖ miṇskl profits fṛm mî vilijśop.
Ẃnvr I cōld ɖ hlplîn abt ɖs, I wz tld it wz mî mstec n ɖt “evrwn els baḷnsz”. So I stopt qiriyñ n jst cept peyñ, in hymilieśn abt biyñ a qoḷfaid bc̦īpr n biyñ unebl t baḷns mî post ofis. I dd’nt cīp recordz v hǎ mć muni I peid Post Ofis Ltd – I jst peid ẃt ɖ Hrîzn sistm clemd ɖt I oud.
I am incandesnt wɖ rej at ɖ scandl – n ɖt’s nt ɖ onli we ɖt Post Ofis Ltd abyzd its subpostmastrz. It hz abṣlutli ziro rgard fr s n ɖ we it trītd s śd rêz red flagz on eni numbr v iśuz.
Ingrid Jǒnz
Cembrij
Ɖ apōlñ trītmnt v ǎr subpostmastrz bî ɖ Post Ofis az a rzult v ɖ fełr v its ǒn IT sistmz dz nt jst śem ɖ xektivz hu blemd ɖer implôīz rɖr ɖn admit ɖer ǒn errz. Ɖ proṣkśn v hundṛdz v ppl huz onli comn cnx́n wz t wrc fr ɖ sem imployr śd hv ruñ alarmbelz smẃr in ǎr sistm v justis.
Ɖ scandl hîlîts ɖ inhiṛnt felñz v a jdiśl sistm ẃr ć ces involvñ ɖz similr ofnsz wz bròt t cort n cnsidrd bî jujz n jriz in îṣleśn.
Īqli, cnsiḍreśn mt olso hv bn gvn t sć a hevi rlayns on ɖ sem sors v evidns, i.e. a sngl IT sistm. Ẃt’s mor, ɖs “witnis”, biyñ a sistm rɖr ɖn a prsn, sīmz t hv bn inifctivli inteṛgetd t istabliś its rlạbiḷti. Lîc so mni sistmz, ẃt ǎr līgl sistm z most blînd t r ɖ sstemic felñz, nt onli v uɖr sistmz, bt v itslf.
Tiṃʈi Crevn
Dorćestr, Dorsit
Wel dn fr cīpñ ɖs scandl alîv ẃn so mni wont it swept undr ɖ carpit. I śer Mrīna’z hop ɖt ɖ Post Ofis xektivz rsponsbl wl sn fînd ɖmslvz in prizn, t b jônd ɖr bî wōtrcumṗni bosz fr ɖ criminl nglect v ǎr wōtr-s’plî infṛstrucćr.
Iliẓbʈ Wordl
Ny Barnit, Lundn
