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Post Office scandal victims accuse Paula Vennells of making ‘PR apology’

Victims of the Post Office scandal have accused the company’s former boss Paula Vennells of making a “PR apology” to those affected. Ms Vennells began her evidence to the Horizon IT Inquiry in central London on Wednesday by apologising to ...

22 May 2024 at 14:43

Subpostmaster campaigners hope OBEs will help fight for full and fair redress

Leading subpostmaster campaigners who have been made Officers of the British Empire have vowed they will “never give in” in their fight to help fellow Post Office scandal victims receive full and fair compensation. Lee Castleton, Seema ...

30 Dec 2024 at 22:30

Scottish Horizon victims to be exonerated, First Minister says

First Minister Humza Yousaf has said sub-postmasters who received criminal convictions as a result of the Post Office Horizon scandal will be cleared. About 100 Post Office sub-postmasters in Scotland were convicted after they were ...

10 Jan 2024 at 20:11

Post Office lawyer ‘made to sit outside board meeting like a naughty schoolgirl’

A top Post Office lawyer was made to sit outside a board meeting “like a naughty schoolgirl” when an independent review into the Horizon IT system was discussed, an inquiry has heard. The company’s former chief executive, Paula ...

23 May 2024 at 16:07

‘I do wonder what kind of god you worship,’ ex-subpostmaster emailed to Vennells

A former subpostmaster who tried to warn the Post Office about the Horizon IT system emailed Paula Vennells when she was chief executive, saying: “I do wonder what kind of god you worship”. In 2015, Tim McCormack wrote to Ms ...

22 May 2024 at 16:57

Any criminal trials linked to Post Office Horizon scandal will not be until 2027

No charging decisions will be made over potential criminal offences linked to the Post Office Horizon scandal until after a public inquiry has published its final report, police have said. One hundred police officers from ...

11 Dec 2024 at 16:06

Post Office scandal victims to get funded legal advice for appeals

Victims of the Post Office scandal will get funded legal advice for appeals, the Government has announced. Ministers are accepting all but one of the public inquiry into the Horizon scandal’s recommendations, with ...

09 Oct 2025 at 12:11

Vennells booed, grilled and pushed to tears over three days of evidence

Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells was booed by subpostmasters, grilled by lawyers and pushed to tears multiple times during her three days’ evidence to the Horizon IT Inquiry. The ordained priest entered the ...

24 May 2024 at 17:06

Criminal trials linked to Post Office Horizon scandal could wait until 2028

Criminal trials stemming from the Post Office Horizon scandal might not get underway until 2028, according to the police officer leading the investigation. Commander Stephen Clayman said police are “making some ...

27 Jun 2025 at 06:13

Government urges Fujitsu to pay compensation to victims of Post Office scandal

Fujitsu has been urged by the Government to make interim compensation payouts to victims of the Post Office scandal. The call came as critics pointed out the Japanese tech giant had “paid not one penny” for ...

09 Jul 2025 at 19:51

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Solicitor representing Co Derry man affected by the Post Office Horizon scandal seeks clarification on new UK legislation

A solicitor representing a County Derry man who was affected by the Post Office Horizon scandal has written to the NI Executive to find out if they intend to propose similar legislation to the UK to quash ...

23 Feb 2024 at 11:33

‘Sad’ justice not yet delivered, says journalist who exposed Post Office scandal

The journalist who first uncovered the Post Office Horizon scandal has said it is “sad” some subpostmasters had still not received compensation, after being made an OBE at Buckingham Palace. Rebecca ...

27 Mar 2025 at 19:02

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