A Very British Case: Postmasters and Miscarriages of Justice
A Very British Case: Postmasters and Miscarriages of Justice
British justice is a splendidly odd animal. Its miscarriage is one of those wonders of institutional repetition. When textbooks are written on the subject, one will feature prominently. On April 23 this year, the convictions of 39 former sub-postmasters were quashed by the criminal division of the Court of Appeal. They had been accused, and convicted, for theft and dishonesty after the UK Post Office installed the wonky wonder of the Horizon IT system.
There were figures such as Seema Misra, convicted for stealing £74,000 in cash from the Post Office branch under her stewardship in West Byfleet in 2010. At the time, the press delighted in calling her the “pregnant thief”. Her husband was assaulted by locals. Della Robinson, who ran the Dukinfield, Greater Manchester Post Office, could not account for £17,000 by 2012. She was suspended, rep
South Korean student Jong-Ok Shin, 26, known as Oki, was stabbed to death in 2002
A man jailed for nearly 20 years for a murder he says he did not commit hopes that new CCTV footage discovered by a BBC investigation will give him an alibi and clear his name.
South Korean student Jong-Ok Shin, 26, known as Oki, was stabbed to death in the street while walking home from a night out in Bournemouth in 2002.
Omar Benguit, 48, a heroin addict and petty crook, was tried three times for the killing and finally convicted in 2005 after a key prosecution witness, a prostitute and heroin addict known as BB, claimed that she had witnessed the murder.
Tuesday, 4 May 2021, 4:12 pm
British justice is a splendidly odd animal. Its
miscarriage is one of those wonders of institutional
repetition. When textbooks are written on the subject, one
will feature prominently. On April 23 this year, the
convictions of 39 former sub-postmasters were quashed by the
criminal division of the Court of Appeal. They had been
accused, and convicted, for theft and dishonesty after the
UK Post Office installed the wonky wonder of the Horizon IT
system.
There were figures such as Seema Misra,
convicted for stealing £74,000 in cash from the Post Office
branch under her stewardship in West Byfleet in 2010. At the
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