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A FORMER Post Office chief claims he did not know the organisation itself was taking its own sub-postmasters to court.Former Post Office chief Alan Cook says he did not know the organisation itself was taking its own sub-postmasters to courtGroup chief Adam Crozier expressed “surprise” over the claims, adding: “He certainly always gave the impression of someone who was very much in control of his brief.

He told the inquiry he did not ask questions on the matter until he saw an article in Computer Weekly in May 2009.

 

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