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Wrongly convicted subpostmasters still awaiting compensation one year on

Post Office workers implicated in the Horizon IT scandal have said they are no closer to gaining compensation a year after the first convictions were overturned. Neil Hudgell, the lawyer leading compensation negotiations, has called for cases to be ...

23 Apr 2022 at 10:25

Judge ‘surprised’ at attempt to withhold documents from subpostmaster’s appeal

A senior judge has said she is “surprised” documents relating to an appeal against a subpostmaster’s conviction for stealing £35,000 are still being withheld from court. More than 700 Post Office branch managers around the UK were prosecuted ...

24 Apr 2024 at 14:42

Sunak promises new law to exonerate subpostmasters caught up in Horizon scandal

A new law is to be introduced to exonerate hundreds of Post Office branch managers caught up in the Horizon IT scandal. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said they were victims of “one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in our nation’s ...

10 Jan 2024 at 14:18

Post Office campaigner peer calls for branches to be expanded with more services

A peer who campaigned on the Post Office Horizon scandal says its network of branches should be expanded and more services offered, as the company consults on cutting stores. Lord Arbuthnot, who drew attention to the scandal which ...

18 Nov 2024 at 19:54

Paula Vennells apologises to subpostmasters at Post Office Horizon IT inquiry

Disgraced ex-Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells apologised for “all that subpostmasters and families… have suffered” as her evidence to the Horizon IT inquiry got under way. The 65-year-old ordained priest told the ...

22 May 2024 at 10:30

Justice Secretary in talks with judges over quashing Horizon convictions

The Justice Secretary was holding crunch talks with judges on Tuesday on expediting clearing the names of hundreds of subpostmasters who were wrongfully convicted in the Horizon scandal. Work and Pensions Secretary Mel ...

09 Jan 2024 at 11:09

Ex-Post Office executive says Horizon issues were ‘outside my knowledge scope’

A former top Post Office executive has claimed issues raised by colleagues relating to the Horizon IT system were “outside my knowledge scope”. Angela van den Bogerd also told the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry in ...

26 Apr 2024 at 13:15

Subpostmaster’s wrongful conviction contributed to early death, widow says

A subpostmaster’s wrongful conviction over missing funds “massively contributed” to his early death aged 67, his widow has said. Julian Wilson, who ran a post office in Astwood Bank, Worcestershire, took a plea ...

16 Feb 2022 at 17:55

Post Office still rejects subpostmaster’s overturned conviction, inquiry told

The Post Office is refusing to accept the overturned conviction of a former subpostmaster three years after they were cleared, the Horizon Inquiry has heard. According to Edward Henry KC, who has been ...

03 Jul 2024 at 17:34

Most subpostmasters say Horizon IT system still causing shortfalls

Thousands of Post Office subpostmasters said they have still witnessed unexplained problems on the Horizon IT system over the past four years. A survey of Post Office operators found that almost ...

23 Sept 2024 at 13:32

Former subpostmistress has wrongful conviction for embezzlement quashed

A former Post Office subpostmistress caught up in the Horizon scandal has had her wrongful conviction quashed. Aleid Kloosterhuis was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment after she pleaded ...

01 Feb 2024 at 13:57

Government to announce plan for Post Office Horizon compensation in July

The new Labour Government will lay out its plan for compensating subpostmasters affected by the Horizon scandal this month. Business and trade minister Justin Madders said in the House of ...

18 Jul 2024 at 16:04

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