The Post Office has paved the way for 640 more postmasters who may have been wrongly prosecuted in the IT scandal to have their convictions quashed. So far 45 have had their convictions overturned after being falsely accused of stealing from their branches when computer glitches were to blame. Three Court of Appeal judges castigated the Government-owned Post Office last month for hounding its own staff before squandering public money trying to cover up the scandal. So far 45 have had their convictions overturned after being falsely accused of stealing from their branches when computer glitches were to blame The Post Office is now contacting 540 convicted postmasters to let them know they can appeal, adding that another 100 are likely to follow.