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The justice secretary is looking into steps to help hundreds of wrongly convicted sub-postmasters.

More than 700 Post Office branch managers were handed criminal convictions after faulty accounting software made it appear as though money was missing.

Lee Castleton is a former postmaster who says his life has been ruined by the Post Office.

The PM describes an "appalling miscarriage of justice" which saw hundreds "wrongfully treated".

The petition has quickly gained signatures after ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office shone a light on the Horizon IT scandal that led to hundreds of lives being ruined

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed the Government is looking at how to exonerate hundreds of sub-postmasters unjustly convicted during the Horizon IT scandal

The government is “looking at” exonerating all those affected by the Post Office scandal, while the Met Police has announced a fraud probe.

A former subpostmaster has revealed over half the compensation won to victims in the Post Office scandal has salaried their lawyers. Speaking to Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday 7 January, Lee Castleton disclosed that during the past 25 years, “£135 million has been paid to some of the victims, but we’ve had £150 million plus paid to lawyers.” “We’re just normal people,” the Yorkshireman commented. “It’s like a war.” When asked about the timeline of when subpostmasters will be reim...

Second criminal investigation will look at potential crimes by the Post Office in its recovery of money from subpostmasters accused of theft and false accounting

Rishi Sunak confirmed reports that Justice Secretary Alex Chalk is considering options but he would not pre-empt the process.