Noel Thomas spent his 60th birthday behind bars. Tracy Felstead was jailed and plunged into a depression, twice trying to kill herself. Martin Griffiths, hounded by Post Office auditors, actually did – leaving a note of apology to his family before stepping in front of a bus. All these and hundreds more blameless former postmasters and postmistresses were pillars of their village communities until being preposterously branded crooks and having their lives torn apart. Former post office worker Janet Skinner (centre), with her niece Hayley Adams (right) and her daughter Toni Sisson, celebrating outside the Royal Courts of Justice Former Post Office sub-postmaster Jo Hamilton reacts to the verdict outside The High Court. The Appeal Court has cleared the names of a group of 42 sub-postmasters