A former senior Fujitsu engineer “felt happy” at the time with evidence he gave as part of a trial which led to a wrongly convicted pregnant subpostmaster being jailed, the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry heard.
He is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police on suspicion of perjury and perverting the course of justice. Mr Jenkins was also asked if there was any “prohibition or nervousness or ban” on revealing the existence of the “known error log” in legal proceedings.Asked by Mr Beer if he was “untroubled by and happy with the evidence” he gave at Ms Misra’s trial, Mr Jenkins said: “At the time I was, I clearly appreciate now that it wasn’t as good as it should’ve been but at the time I felt happy with it.”
Mr Jenkins apologised during the inquiry, saying “that’s totally inappropriate wording on my part for which I apologise”. The email, sent on January 27 2010, said: “I agree there probably needs to be some further investigation here. However I’m also aware that this is potentially highly political, therefore I’m not sure how best to address this. We don’t really want to be seen to be undermining a POL prosecution!”On Wednesday, Mr Jenkins admitted it was “inappropriate” for him to modify a draft witness statement to remove a reference to weaknesses in the Horizon system at the request of the Post Office.