Ex-Post Office lawyer Jarnail Singh denies cover up

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Summary

  1. Jarnail Singh, a former senior lawyer at the Post Office, is back for a second time at the Post Office inquiry
  2. He's denied knowledge of a "cover up" of defects in the Horizon IT system
  3. Singh was involved in the prosecution of pregnant postmistress Seema Misra in 2010
  4. The BBC has found that on the eve of Misra’s trial, the Post Office legal team had documents saying contradictory things about remote access to the Horizon system
  5. Only one of those documents was submitted to court - a witness statement falsely stating that remote access was not possible
  6. You can watch the Post Office inquiry live by clicking the Play button at the top of this page from 09:45 BST