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> I suspect this also has its roots in the European legal tendency to presume guilt and the accused having to prove their innocence

This scandal took place in the UK, though, not in a European civil code jurisdiction. The concept of "presumption of innocence" originates in English common law.

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Under British law, however, courts presume that a computer system is working flawlessly unless proven otherwise, so if computer says guilty it'll be tough to convince a jury that you're not.

And that was made even harder by the massive and continuous perjury by the Post Office when it came to the robustness of the system

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