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By Press Association 2021
Paula Vennells
Former Post Office chief executive the Rev Paula Vennells said she is “truly sorry” for the “suffering” caused to subpostmasters who were wrongly convicted of offences.
Ms Vennells, who is an associate minister in the Diocese of St Albans, issued the apology on Sunday as she announced she would be stepping back from her regular church duties in the wake of the Horizon scandal.
Hundreds of subpostmasters were prosecuted for theft, fraud and false accounting because of the Post Office’s defective Horizon accounting system, which had “bugs, defects and errors” from the very outset.
I was wrongly jailed, my business taken from me, my life ruined - because of computer mistake
73-year-old Noel Thomas from Anglesey shed tears of relief on the steps of London s Royal Courts of Justice after his name was cleared on Friday following the Post Office scandal
03:00, 25 APR 2021 (Image: PA)
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By Press Association 2021
Paula Vennells
Former Post Office chief executive the Rev Paula Vennells said she is “truly sorry” for the “suffering” caused to subpostmasters who were wrongly convicted of offences.
Ms Vennells, who is an associate minister in the Diocese of St Albans, issued the apology on Sunday as she announced she would be stepping back from her regular church duties in the wake of the Horizon scandal.
Hundreds of subpostmasters were prosecuted for theft, fraud and false accounting because of the Post Office’s defective Horizon accounting system, which had “bugs, defects and errors” from the very outset.
Workers Revolutionary Party
Postmaster NOEL THOMAS (centre-right) celebrates the quashing of his conviction with campaigner LEE CASTLETON outside the Court of Appeal yesterday
JUDGES have quashed the convictions of 39 former postmasters after the most widespread miscarriage of ruling class justice in the history of UK capitalism.
The 39 were convicted of stealing money, and some were imprisoned, after the Post Office installed the Horizon computer system in branches.
The system was flawed but postmasters and postmistresses were blamed for the failures and have spent years trying to clear their names.
Court of Appeal Judges indicted the Post Office, saying that it sought to reverse the burden of proof when prosecuting the postmasters.