more than 700 post office branch managers saying, were given criminal convictions and only 93 of those convictions have been overturned by the courts. a fraction of those affected by the scandal, some of whom have never spoken publicly before appeared on bbc breakfast this morning. frances reed has their stories. the people who run them are pillars of the community, trusted in every village and town. what they were accused of, they say, ruined their lives. the numbers affected, shocking. hundreds of wrongful convictions with imprisonments, bankruptcies and even people taking their own lives. so we re going to ask each individual to tell that story. the bbc spoke to a handful of victims today, including those who were told to plead guilty to avoid jail time. frankly, it wrecked my life, my family s life, and everybody i know s life. it was the most horrendous thing i have ever been through. for people like janet, it is still too raw.