640 more postmasters in Post Office IT scandal are set to have their convictions quashed

640 more postmasters in Post Office IT scandal are set to have their convictions quashed 45 have had their convictions overturned after being falsely accused of stealing The Post Office is contacting 540 convicted to let them know they can appeal Court of Appeal judgment means it is unlikely Post Office will oppose claims  By Tom … Read more

640 more postmasters in Post Office IT scandal are set to have their convictions quashed

640 more postmasters in Post Office IT scandal are set to have their convictions quashed 45 have had their convictions overturned after being falsely accused of stealing The Post Office is contacting 540 convicted to let them know they can appeal Court of Appeal judgment means it is unlikely Post Office will oppose claims  By Tom … Read more

Postmasters are cleared after Horizon IT scandal saw innocent Post Office staff falsely convicted

Hundreds of postmasters are finally cleared after they were falsely convicted of ‘fraud’ caused by computer glitches Victory as first six postmasters are cleared after IT glitch led to fraud convictions They had convictions quashed at London’s Southwark Crown Court on Friday Between 1999 and 2015, hundreds of innocent postmasters were prosecuted By Tom Witherow … Read more

Postmasters are cleared after Horizon IT scandal saw innocent Post Office staff falsely convicted

Hundreds of postmasters are finally cleared after they were falsely convicted of ‘fraud’ caused by computer glitches Victory as first six postmasters are cleared after IT glitch led to fraud convictions They had convictions quashed at London’s Southwark Crown Court on Friday Between 1999 and 2015, hundreds of innocent postmasters were prosecuted By Tom Witherow … Read more

Postmasters’ lives ruined by false fraud claims from computer glitch

Seema Misra was eight weeks pregnant when she was sentenced to 15 months in jail for stealing from the Post Office branch she ran. Protesting her innocence throughout her nine-day trial at Guildford Crown Court in 2010, the sub-postmistress from Surrey said she couldn’t explain how £74,609 had gone ‘missing’ from her West Byfleet branch. … Read more

BARBARA DAVIES: Hundreds of postmasters’ lives were ruined by false claims of fraud

Seema Misra was eight weeks pregnant when she was sentenced to 15 months in jail for stealing from the Post Office branch she ran. Protesting her innocence throughout her nine-day trial at Guildford Crown Court in 2010, the sub-postmistress from Surrey said she couldn’t explain how £74,609 had gone ‘missing’ from her West Byfleet branch. … Read more

Post office bosses still took postmasters to court knowing glitch could be to blame for shortfall

Post office bosses ‘knew IT glitch could be to blame for missing money… but still took postmasters to court’ Post Office chiefs were told that IT system Horizon could be to blame in 2011  Documents have revealed that they pursued prosecutions against staff anyway Hundreds of postmasters were sacked, wrongfully convicted or went bankrupt New evidence … Read more

Post office bosses still took postmasters to court knowing glitch could be to blame for shortfall

Post office bosses ‘knew IT glitch could be to blame for missing money… but still took postmasters to court’ Post Office chiefs were told that IT system Horizon could be to blame in 2011  Documents have revealed that they pursued prosecutions against staff anyway Hundreds of postmasters were sacked, wrongfully convicted or went bankrupt New evidence … Read more