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The Government has vowed to clear the names of hundreds of sub-postmasters who were wrongly convicted of stealing money from the Post Office, but for many, the news is tragically too late
No10 confirmed today that it will not act against IT giant Fujitsu until the completion of a public inquiry into the Horizon debacle that saw hundreds of sub-postmasters unjustly convicted of theft.
Mr Castleton was pursued and bankrupted by the Post Office who took him to court over £25,500 he didn't steal, after a fault with the Horizon software made it appear as though money was missing.
Janine Powell, now 52, served five months in prison after she was accused of stealing the money from her branch in Tiverton, Devon.
The government has chosen to introduce legislation to enable it to exonerate hundreds of subpostmasters as a group.