Aleid Kloosterhuis

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Aleid Kloosterhuis was a sub-postmaster who pleaded guilty to embezzlement of £20,000 based on evidence from the Horizon computer system. She admitted to using post office funds to pay bills for the other side of her business, but said confusion over funds on each side of the business were generally rectified. She contacted the Horizon helpdesk about shortfalls but was told that she was at fault. She initially pleaded not guilty, but later changed her plea to guilty.

Her conviction was overturned when it became clear that evidence undermining Horizon had been suppressed and that bugs, errors, and defects in Horizon could, and did, cause discrepancies and shortfalls in branch accounts.

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