'Post Office false theft claim left me bankrupt'
Summary
The former stockbroker, who bought a seafront Post Office branch in 2003, said he began to notice thousands of pounds in losses from his accounts within months of taking over the business. The agreement was reached in December last year, when the High Court ruled that technical problems with the Post Offices Horizon IT system could instead be to blame for losses - something Mr Castleton and the other claimants had always believed was the case. Speaking out for the very first time, one former manager told the BBCs File on 4 the Post Office had "zero interest" when he questioned why increasing numbers of postmasters were being blamed for losses totalling millions of pounds. The manager laughed and said because half the post offices are run by ex-police who took early retirement or former pub landlords so theyre probably used to fiddling the books. In his first ever broadcast interview, he told File on 4 that as his findings became more critical of the Post Office, it became increasingly difficult for him to access the information he needed.