Protesters outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, where dozens of former subpostmasters who were convicted of theft, fraud and false accounting, had their names cleared by the Court of Appeal - Credit: PA The Post Office has apologised for serious failures in its historical conduct of prosecutions of postmasters and postmistresses – including two from Norfolk. It comes following the Court of Appeal formally overturning 39 convictions, that occurred between 2003 to 2013, in uncontested appeals. Its chairman, Tim Parker, said it was “extremely sorry” for the impact the convictions had on the lives of those affected, and their families, caused by historical failures.