Police probe UK Post Office for accusing over 700 employees of theft. The culprit was an IT glitch
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Police probe UK Post Office for accusing over 700 employees of theft. The culprit was an IT glitch

Associated Press  

LONDON — U.K. police have opened a fraud investigation into Britain’s Post Office over a miscarriage of justice that saw hundreds of postmasters wrongfully accused of stealing money when a faulty computer system was to blame. The Metropolitan Police force said late Friday that it is investigating “potential fraud offences arising out of these prosecutions,” relating to money the Post Office received “as a result of prosecutions or civil actions” against accused postal workers. Between 1999 and 2015, more than 700 post office branch managers were accused of theft or fraud because computers wrongly showed that money was missing. A judge said the Post Office “knew there were serious issues about the reliability” of Horizon and had committed “egregious” failures of investigation and disclosure. Post Office Chief Executive Nick Read, appointed after the scandal, welcomed the TV series and said he hoped it would “raise further awareness and encourage anyone affected who has not yet come forward to seek the redress and compensation they deserve.” A lawyer for some of the postal workers said 50 new potential victims had approached lawyers since the show aired on the ITV network.

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British-Indian woman fought graft taint, now fights to get back postmaster's job
5 days, 3 hours ago

British-Indian woman fought graft taint, now fights to get back postmaster's job

India Today  

An Indian-origin postmaster from Birmingham, who was wrongly accused of theft and fraud in the Post Office Horizon scandal, has vowed to reclaim her former role. Rooprit Gill, who managed the Wattville Road Post Office in Handsworth, was one of hundreds of sub-postmasters prosecuted due to faults in the Horizon computer system. Gill was a sub-postmistress at the Wattville Road …

Victims of Post Office Capture software promised ‘redress and justice’
6 days, 12 hours ago

Victims of Post Office Capture software promised ‘redress and justice’

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has pledged to “work quickly to provide redress and justice …

Victims of second Post Office software Capture promised ‘redress and justice’
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6 days, 14 hours ago

Victims of second Post Office software Capture promised ‘redress and justice’

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Postmasters who were victims of faulty accounting software before the Horizon …

A year after the Horizon Post Office scandal was exposed, victims must get justice
1 week, 5 days ago

A year after the Horizon Post Office scandal was exposed, victims must get justice

The Independent  

It is almost a year on from the broadcast of the ITV dramatisation Mr Bates vs The Post Office, which triggered an almost unprecedented wave of national outrage. Since New Year’s Day 2024 – when Toby Jones, Monica Dolan, Julie Hesmondhalgh and the other members of the cast injected life and emotion into what had been a shamefully neglected episode …

Former Post Office bosses not ‘held to account’ over Horizon, chief suggests
2 months, 1 week ago

Former Post Office bosses not ‘held to account’ over Horizon, chief suggests

The Independent  

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Former Post Office bosses ‘not held to account’ over Horizon IT scandal, CEO Nick Read suggests
2 months, 1 week ago

Former Post Office bosses ‘not held to account’ over Horizon IT scandal, CEO Nick Read suggests

The Independent  

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Post Office boss told ‘not to dig into the past’ by top lawyer, Horizon IT inquiry hears
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Post Office boss told ‘not to dig into the past’ by top lawyer, Horizon IT inquiry hears

The Independent  

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Indian-origin victim of U.K.'s Post Office scandal rejects apology
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Indian-origin victim of U.K.'s Post Office scandal rejects apology

The Hindu  

An Indian-origin former manager of a Post Office in England wrongly jailed while pregnant has rejected the apology of an engineer whose evidence helped convict her over faulty accounting software. Her reaction followed a written witness statement submitted to the Post Office Inquiry by Mr. Jenkins, in which he said: "I did not know that Mrs. Misra was pregnant at …

Police to deploy 80 detectives for criminal investigation into Post Office
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Police to deploy 80 detectives for criminal investigation into Post Office

The Independent  

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Post Office scandal: Subpostmistress who ‘paid back’ £70,000 says her children were accused of stealing
7 months ago

Post Office scandal: Subpostmistress who ‘paid back’ £70,000 says her children were accused of stealing

The Independent  

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UK's Post Office scandal: Indian-origin woman rejects ex-boss's apology
8 months, 1 week ago

UK's Post Office scandal: Indian-origin woman rejects ex-boss's apology

Hindustan Times  

An Indian-origin ex-manager of a Post Office in the UK, has rejected her former boss's apology, pointing to how she had been pregnant for two months when wrongly imprisoned more than 12 years ago after being convicted for a theft. The apology by Smith, now a former Managing Director at the Post Office, came during Thursday's hearings for the Post …

Law to exonerate wronged subpostmasters moves a step closer
9 months ago

Law to exonerate wronged subpostmasters moves a step closer

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Post Office Offences Bill received an unopposed second …

Bill to quash hundreds of wrongful convictions over a Post Office scandal goes before UK Parliament
9 months, 1 week ago

Bill to quash hundreds of wrongful convictions over a Post Office scandal goes before UK Parliament

Associated Press  

LONDON — The British government introduced legislation Wednesday to quash the wrongful convictions of hundreds of Post Office branch managers in England and Wales who were caught up in one of the United Kingdom’s biggest miscarriages of justice. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the legislation “marks an important step forward in finally clearing” the names of those who were convicted …

Post Office victims wronged in Horizon scandal to have names cleared by new law
10 months ago

Post Office victims wronged in Horizon scandal to have names cleared by new law

The Independent  

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Badenoch accuses former Post Office boss of lying in Horizon row
10 months ago

Badenoch accuses former Post Office boss of lying in Horizon row

The Telegraph  

The former chairman of WH Smith claimed the order to stall payments seemed to be an attempt by the Government to reduce its financial liability before the country went to the polls. I didn’t ask, because I said ‘I’m having no part of it – I’m not here to limp into the election, it’s not the right thing to do …

No deadline for full compensation for Post Office victims, says Kemi Badenoch
10 months, 3 weeks ago

No deadline for full compensation for Post Office victims, says Kemi Badenoch

The Independent  

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Post Office chairman ousted amid government frustration over Horizon scandal
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Post Office chairman ousted amid government frustration over Horizon scandal

The Independent  

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The Post Office scandal shows the perils of putting our faith in IT
10 months, 3 weeks ago

The Post Office scandal shows the perils of putting our faith in IT

The Independent  

What was telling in the cases of the Post Office operators suspected of fraud was the lack of corroborative evidence. “Without corroborative evidence, the rule should be that data cannot be depended upon,” said the IT expert drafted in by the Post Office. Dr Sam De Silva, chair of the BCS Law Specialist Group and technology partner at international law …

Cameron coalition government ‘knew Post Office chiefs covered up computer scandal’
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Cameron coalition government ‘knew Post Office chiefs covered up computer scandal’

The Independent  

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Post Office’s secret decision to sack forensic accountants branded ‘disgusting’
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Post Office’s secret decision to sack forensic accountants branded ‘disgusting’

The Independent  

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Post Office investigator felt she could not challenge Fujitsu data
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Post Office investigator felt she could not challenge Fujitsu data

The Telegraph  

A former Post Office investigator has claimed she asked staff within the company whether Horizon could be accessed remotely - and was told it could not. “Especially on one occasion whenever I had problems myself with my own computer - and someone was able to go in remotely and fix my computer.” She told the inquiry: “I raised the question …

Provider of faulty computer system apologizes to hundreds affected by UK Post Office scandal
11 months, 1 week ago

Provider of faulty computer system apologizes to hundreds affected by UK Post Office scandal

Associated Press  

LONDON — Fujitsu, the company whose faulty computer accounting system resulted in the wrongful conviction of hundreds of Post Office branch managers across the U.K., apologized to the victims on Tuesday for its role in the one of the country’s biggest miscarriages of justice and said it was long aware that the software had bugs. “To the sub-postmasters and their …

Provider of faulty computer system apologizes to hundreds affected by UK Post Office scandal
11 months, 1 week ago

Provider of faulty computer system apologizes to hundreds affected by UK Post Office scandal

The Independent  

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Explained: What is Britain’s Post Office scandal?
11 months, 1 week ago

Explained: What is Britain’s Post Office scandal?

Hindustan Times  

An inquiry into one of Britain’s gravest injustices resumed Thursday as momentum grew to compensate and clear the names of more than 900 Post Office branch managers wrongly convicted of theft or fraud because of a faulty computer system. A lawyer looking into the Post Office scandal grilled an investigator who denied he and others acted like “Mafia gangsters” in …

The Post Office must lose the right to police itself
11 months, 1 week ago

The Post Office must lose the right to police itself

The Independent  

Another highly unexpected – but highly welcome – consequence of the ITV dramatisation of the Post Office/Horizon scandal is that the previously little-noticed proceedings of the statutory inquiry are now carried live, gavel to gavel, to a global audience. Given the inquiry’s wide-ranging powers – which allow for the collation of confidential material, including recordings of conversations – the outcome …

Post Office investigator denies behaving like ‘Mafia gangster’ over Horizon scandal
11 months, 1 week ago

Post Office investigator denies behaving like ‘Mafia gangster’ over Horizon scandal

The Independent  

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Fujitsu should pay bill for Post Office scandal if guilty, says government
11 months, 1 week ago

Fujitsu should pay bill for Post Office scandal if guilty, says government

The Independent  

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What is Britain’s Post Office Horizon scandal? | Explained
11 months, 1 week ago

What is Britain’s Post Office Horizon scandal? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: U.K. police have opened a fraud investigation into Britain’s Post Office over a miscarriage of justice that saw hundreds of postmasters wrongfully accused of stealing money, when a faulty computer system was to blame. On January 10, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he will introduce measures to reverse the convictions of more than 900 Post …

UK Post Office scandal: Parliamentary committee seeks to speed up compensation for victims
11 months, 1 week ago

UK Post Office scandal: Parliamentary committee seeks to speed up compensation for victims

Associated Press  

LONDON — Lawmakers trying to get to the bottom of one of Britain’s gravest injustices were questioning bosses of the Post Office and Fujitsu on Tuesday as momentum grew to compensate and clear the names of more than 900 Post Office branch managers wrongly convicted of theft or fraud because of the Japanese company’s faulty computer system. Three years later, …

Postmasters prosecuted by CPS while Keir Starmer was in charge
11 months, 1 week ago

Postmasters prosecuted by CPS while Keir Starmer was in charge

The Independent  

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Post Office scandal: How will the new law to exonerate victims of Horizon work?
11 months, 1 week ago

Post Office scandal: How will the new law to exonerate victims of Horizon work?

The Independent  

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Post Office must reveal how much cash it ‘stole’ from subpostmasters, MPs told
11 months, 1 week ago

Post Office must reveal how much cash it ‘stole’ from subpostmasters, MPs told

The Independent  

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British Indians fought for justice, now UK Post Office ex-CEO returns honour
11 months, 2 weeks ago

British Indians fought for justice, now UK Post Office ex-CEO returns honour

India Today  

Paula Vennells, the former chief executive officer of the government-owned Post Office Ltd, has decided to return her Commander of the British Empire honour amid a controversy surrounding wrongful convictions of hundreds of post office branch managers, including many British Indians. The controversy revolves around an IT glitch that wrongly accused post office branch managers, including several British Indians, leading …

Ex-UK Post Office boss gives back a royal honor amid fury over hundreds of wrongful convictions
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Ex-UK Post Office boss gives back a royal honor amid fury over hundreds of wrongful convictions

Associated Press  

LONDON — The former head of Britain’s state-owned Post Office said Tuesday she will hand back a royal honor in response to mounting fury over a miscarriage of justice that saw hundreds of postmasters wrongfully accused of theft because of a faulty computer system. “I have listened and I confirm that I return my CBE with immediate effect,” said Vennells, …

Post Office scandal screenwriter says series stands for those ‘who feel unheard’
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Post Office scandal screenwriter says series stands for those ‘who feel unheard’

The Independent  

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Why did it fall to TV execs to fight for victims of the Post Office scandal?
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Why did it fall to TV execs to fight for victims of the Post Office scandal?

The Independent  

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Post Office scandal victims could be exonerated, Rishi Sunak suggests
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Post Office scandal victims could be exonerated, Rishi Sunak suggests

The Independent  

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Government ‘looking at’ measures to clear Horizon scandal postmasters, PM says
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Government ‘looking at’ measures to clear Horizon scandal postmasters, PM says

The Independent  

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Police probe UK Post Office for accusing over 700 employees of theft. The culprit was an IT glitch
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Police probe UK Post Office for accusing over 700 employees of theft. The culprit was an IT glitch

The Independent  

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Wrongly convicted Horizon scandal postmasters offered £600,000 to settle claims
1 year, 3 months ago

Wrongly convicted Horizon scandal postmasters offered £600,000 to settle claims

The Independent  

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UK Post Office inquiry hears from workers wrongfully accused
2 years, 10 months ago

UK Post Office inquiry hears from workers wrongfully accused

Associated Press  

LONDON — A public inquiry opened in London on Monday to examine the wrongful convictions of hundreds of British postal workers who were accused of theft, fraud or false accounting because of a faulty computer system. The failures were blamed on a defective computer accounting system called Horizon that was installed in local Post Office branches in 1999. The Post …

Post Office apologises to former postmasters for unfair convictions linked to accounting scandal
4 years, 2 months ago

Post Office apologises to former postmasters for unfair convictions linked to accounting scandal

The Independent  

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