The UK government announced Wednesday it will unilaterally quash the wrongful theft convictions of hundreds of self-employed Post Office branch managers targeted due to faulty software, and offer them immediate compensation.Some Post Office branch managers were jailed, went bankrupt, losing their homes and their health.
Fujitsu is the company behind Horizon, the faulty IT system used by the Post Office, which saw more than 700 sub-postmasters wrongly prosecuted for crimes such as fraud.
The UK government announced Wednesday it will unilaterally quash the wrongful theft convictions of hundreds of self-employed Post Office branch managers targeted due to faulty software, and offer them immediate compensation. Announcing the highly unusual decision to pass legislation exonerating and compensating the subpostmasters, prime minister Rishi Sunak said he wanted to help right “one […]
it out for everybody. there is still an element of trepidation, though, isn t there? because more than 2.5 years ago, we were reporting at the time of a prime minister saying there will be fast and fair compensation, and still it has been stuck in the system. yes, theyjust really need to move on their promise. now seems a little bit more real with the pressure that they are under that they will move quickly. we just really need to see the words translate into actions now. and for you, there is obviously a big group of sub postmasters all in different circumstances but united and now united with the country and the public who understand this so much better. yes, it was fantastic news as well that they are going to start compensate the glo victims who had almost been left behind with nowhere to turn, so we can all start to move on. thank you very much, tim, for sharing your time. in a saga that has lasted for so many years, decades for some people, that has dragged on and on, the hope is