Post Office gives former worker 'sincere apology'

THE Post Office has issued a formal apology to a former worker from Northumberland, after she was cleared of fraud last year.

- OWEN YOUNGER Reporter

In a statement published on Thursday, the Post Office said it is 'sincerely sorry' to Jacqueline Falcon, who worked at Hadston Post Office at the time.

The statement was published in our sister paper The Chronicle yesterday in the form of an advert taken out by the Post Office.

Ms Falcon, 42, was accused of reversing transactions on the faulty Horizon accounting software between December 2014 and February 2015, when she was attempting to cover up a £933.69 shortfall in the accounts, which she feared would be deducted from her wages.