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The lawyer who prosecuted one of two Norfolk sub-postmistresses falsely convicted in the Horizon scandal has been quizzed in a public inquiry.

A Norfolk former Post Office worker convicted as a result of the Horizon scandal is among five more to have been cleared by the Court of Appeal.

Published: 8:49 AM May 8, 2021    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 s...

Published: 8:49 AM May 8, 2021    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 s...

In a statement after the ruling at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Post Office chairman Tim Parker said: “The Post Office is extremely sorry for the impact on the lives of these postmasters and their families that was caused by historical failures. “Post Office stopped prosecutions soon after its separation from Royal Mail a decade ago and has throughout this appeals process supported the overturning of the vast majority of convictions. “We are contacting other postmasters and Post Office workers with criminal convictions from past private Post Office prosecutions that may be aff...