Sarah Lambert has held senior roles at the Post Office for at least a decade and was named several times in evidence heard at the public inquiry.
The i Paper revealed last year that Caroline Richards, a former regional manager who played a key role in the conviction of a sub-postmaster, was working as a “senior dispute resolution manager” in the Post Office’s “remediation unit”.
The Post Office said it does not consider Ms Lambert as a person of interest to its “past roles review” as part of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry to identify current staff working in roles related to redressing for sub-postmasters who had links to the Horizon scandal.
Mr Davies told staff that they should say allegations about Horizon were “untrue” and were only being made by a “small number of mainly former postmasters”.
Former sub-postmaster Peter Verrechia is still battling for compensation (Photo: Supplied)Peter Verrechia, a former sub-postmaster who lost £16,000, his home and his marriage after being wrongly pursued because of Horizon faults, was asked to speak to Ms Lambert as part of his ongoing bid to receive compensation.
“Given the fuss that was made about Caroline Richards why on earth would they put me in a meeting with anyone who’s got this past?” Mr Verrechia said.
“She can’t then sit impartially and decide someone’s level of compensation.”
Conflicts of interest ‘not acted on’
A month later, the Post Office assured the Government’s independent Horizon Compensation Advisory Board that it had “agreed a plan to address the issue of remediation unit staff who had previously been employed in roles of interest to the inquiry”.
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“I don’t want my compensation being decided by people who had anything to do with what went on in the past, it’s just not right is it,” he said.
“Ms Lambert was uncomfortable, it’s not fair on her – surely she should be given a role that is nothing to do with this.
Post Office apology for past failings
A Post Office spokesperson said: “We are sincerely sorry for past failings that have caused suffering to postmasters and are focused, alongside Government, on paying redress as quickly as possible so that people can move forward with their lives.
“Legal representatives for victims of the scandal will be written to later this month and we hope this new appeals process will resolve this individual’s claim as quickly as possible.”
The spokesperson added: “Ms Lambert has never had a role at Post Office that could be considered part of the ‘Past Roles’ review nor one of interest to the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry.”
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