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23-04-2021, 10:20 AM | #1 | |||
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[Thirty nine sub-postmasters who were
wrongly prosecuted by the Post Office have had their criminal convictions overturned. The appellants, some of whom were imprisoned for crimes they never committed, had been accused of theft and false accounting because of a faulty computer system. In court, Sam Stein QC, the barrister representing several sub-postmasters, said the scandal had turned the Post Office "into the nation's most untrustworthy brand". Between 2000 and 2014, the Post Office prosecuted more than 700 sub-postmasters, on average one a week, after a bug in the computer system Horizon led to financial shortfalls in branch accounts. It previously agreed a nearly £58m settlement with 550 sub-postmasters, but most of that money went on legal costs and funders. The barrister who led that civil claim called today's judgment an "incredible victory" that could pave the way for more substantial compensation.] A Terrible Example of Trusting Wrong Computer Error. As some were sent to Prison. And had Not Committed any crime. https://news.sky.com/story/dozens-of...urned-12284311 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56859357 Last edited by arista; 23-04-2021 at 10:21 AM. |
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23-04-2021, 10:30 AM | #2 | ||
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I can tell you for a fact that they're not all innocent
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23-04-2021, 11:10 AM | #3 | |||
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23-04-2021, 11:37 AM | #4 | |||
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This Witch doesn't burn
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only 3 of the 39 have not been acquitted, shocking that the PO tried to cover it up as well rather than sort it out
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