dominated the headlines for the past week. the prime minister has announced that new legislation will be brought in to make sure that those convicted in one of the biggest miscarriages ofjustice the uk has ever seen. who worked for the post office are swiftly exonerated and compensated. more than 700 sub postmasters received criminal convictions for fraud and false accounting, over a period of around 16 years, after it introduced a faulty it system. some went to prison and many were made bankrupt. we ll get reaction from one sub postmaster in a moment but first our political correspondent iain watson reports. the post office told us over and over, you re the only one. that was a lie, actually. itv made a drama out of a crisis, a scandal that started more than 20 years ago came to public and political prominence. fewer than 100 sub postmasters have had their wrongful convictions overturned and there s pressure to clear more names and pay out more compensation. the prime mini
development on a story which has dominated the headlines for the past week thanks to a tv drama. the prime minister has announced new legislation, to make sure that hundreds of post office branch managers convicted in one of the biggest miscarriages ofjustice the uk has ever seen are swiftly exonerated and compensated. more than 700 sub postmasters were given criminal convictions for fraud and false accounting over a period of around 16 years after it introduced a faulty it system. some went to prison. many were bankru pted. we ll get reaction from one sub postmaster in a moment but first our political correspondent iain watson reports. the post office told us over and over. you re the only one. that was a lie, actually, because. itv made a drama out of a crisis, a scandal that started more than 20 years ago came to public and political prominence. fewer than 100 sub postmasters have had their wrongful convictions overturned and there s pressure to clear more names and pa
it had on yourfamily, your children, your wife and, more importantly, how the local community treated you ? so, we were living in a small fishing town in east yorkshire, very close to where we were both born. i had been a stockbroker for two years prior and wasn t a very good one, to be fair. we thought that this was a great way to cement our life in the north. we owned our house completely, we had no mortgage or anything at the age of 35 and we decided to invest in a post office. little did i know that that would lead to completely being ostracised in the small town, people abusing us in the streets as being thieves, particularly my children being bullied. this led on to all kinds of mental issues, anxiety for my wife lead to seizures and epilepsy and for my daughter, bless her, being the oldest of two children,
been a stockbroker prior and wasn t very good one, to be fair. we thought it was a great way to cement our life in the north. we owned our house completely we had no mortgage or anything at the age of 35 and we decided to invest in a post office. little did i know that that would lead to lead to being completely ostracised in this small town, people abusing us in the street as being thieves, particularly my children being bullied. this led on to all kinds of mental issues, anxiety for my wife lead to seizures and epilepsy and for my daughter, bless her, being the oldest of two children, she suffered at school and she was insulted by a boy because his parents could not get their money from the post office any more because was closed. it led on to an
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