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Potential miscarriages of justice of Scottish subpostmasters move to full review
The Post Office Horizon scandal gets bigger as subpostmaster prosecutions in Scotland are reviewed
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The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) is fully reviewing five cases of potential miscarriage of justice in relation to subpostmasters prosecuted by the Post Office.
In September 2020, the SCCRC took what it described as an “unusual step” and wrote to 73 people with criminal convictions potentially linked to the Post Office’s Horizon computer errors.
This followed an extensive investigation by the CCRC for England, Wales and Northern Ireland that culminated in the referral of about 50 cases to the Court of Appeal and Southwark Crown Court for appeal.
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SCOTLAND’S most notorious murder, the killing of 14-year-old Jodi Jones by her then boyfriend Luke Mitchell, has been thrust back into the spotlight this week with evidence presented that the case is a miscarriage of justice. An investigative documentary is airing over two nights, putting forward the case that not only is Mitchell innocent of killing Jodi Jones – but that five other potential suspects should have been considered by detectives during the initial inquiry. The first part of the documentary, Murder In A Small Town, made by Firecracker Films in Glasgow, aired last night, with the second part being shown on screens this evening on Channel 5. The film has already attracted controversy and been condemned for giving Mitchell a platform.
The deaths of six members of one family in 1984 following a firebomb attack on their Glasgow home shocked Scotland. Thirty seven years later there still remains considerable doubts over who was responsible for the city s biggest ever mass murder.
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