tonight, the uk appears to be on the brink of taking military action with the us against houthi rebels who ve been attacking ships in the red sea. could parliament be recalled to discuss any uk military response? tonight we ll guide you step by step through this latest international crisis with our defence editor mark urban and our political editor nick watt. also tonight. breathtaking testimony from a fraud investigator employed by the post office to examine shortfalls at branches across the country his evidence helped wrongly convict multiple subpostmasters he investigated this ex branch manager who was suspended by the post office after shortfalls and fraud accusations. you have been told there was a growing body of cases and that in itself was not sufficient for you the question the reliability of the horizon system. because i am not technically minded. i would expect that to come from people above. shazia saddiq was with us last night and is back tonight. she was at th
the government is preparing a new law to swiftly exonerate and compensate post office branch managers who were convicted over horizon it scandal. over a 15 year period until 2015, more than 700 people were wrongfully convicted of fraud, theft or false accounting, because the it system had produced shortfalls in their accounts. so far, only 93 have had their convictions overturned. mr sunak said it was the biggest miscarriage in british history and government would quickly right the wrongs of the past. here s our political editor chris mason. four nights of drama on the telly after two decades of injustice. and, just one week later. we come to questions for the prime minister. the most high profile moment of the week at westminster. the start of prime minister s question time. and rishi sunak said. mr speaker this is one of the greatest miscarriages ofjustice in our nation s history. today i can announce that we will introduce new primary legislation, to make sure that those c
My life. And thats life lost, with the kids, everything, theyjust dont know what theyve done to people. Post office minister, kevin hollinrake, has been speaking to bbc breakfast and says the inquiry is important to make sure those responsible are held to account. Where evidence has been established people should be prosecuted. Thats my view. And i think you and other people ive spoken to, i certainly feel people within the post office and possibly further afield should go to jail. Lets speak now to richard moorhead, whos been writing about the legal ethics surrounding the post Office Scandal for several years and is also a member of the horizon compensation advisory board. The minister said in his opinion people should be prosecuted and go to jail. Do you think that is likely to jail. Do you think that is likely to happen and will the next stage of the inquiry go towards that . The inquiry go towards that . People in the post office the inquiry go towards that . People in the post off
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