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History made as subpostmasters wrongly prosecuted in Horizon IT scandal have convictions quashed
Six subpostmasters who were wrongly prosecuted for accounting shortfalls caused by computer errors have their convictions quashed after years of campaigning
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By Published: 11 Dec 2020 11:55
A group of former subpostmasters wrongly convicted of financial crimes by the Post Office have had their names cleared at Southwark Crown Court, with more set to follow.
It is the biggest group of referrals ever made, in a scandal described as the biggest miscarriage of justice in modern history.
Former subpostmasters Vipinchandra Patel, Julie Cleife, Susan Rudkin, Kamran Ashraf, Jasvindr Barang and Christopher Trousdale all had their criminal records and convictions quashed.
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Six Post Office convictions quashed over faulty computer system
The decision gives hope to at least 900 other sub-postmasters who were subjected prosecuted for theft, fraud and false accounting
11 December 2020 • 3:42pm
The decision by judges at Southwark Crown Court to clear the sub-postmasters’ names will give fresh hope to at least 900 other sub-postmasters who were subjected to private prosecutions for theft, fraud and false accounting by the Post Office.
The scandal, which has run for almost two decades, centres on an IT system installed by the Post Office in 1999. It later emerged that faults in the computer system, which was called Horizon, could render the convictions unsafe.