Former Head of Legal at the Post Office, Susan Crichton says she is 'truly sorry' for the suffering caused to subpostmasters and their families. She addressed the wrongful convictions in the wake of the Horizon IT scandal.
Alan Bates has said he will reject compensation over Horizon IT scandal for the second time after the Government offered just under a third of what he has requested.
Alan Bates has said he will reject compensation over Horizon IT scandal for the second time after the Government offered just under a third of what he has requested Read More Post Office 'shredded' records of meetings about issues with Horizon IT system, scandal's inquiry hears After years of campaigning against this decision, he would uncover that he was just one of around 900 sub-postmasters who were wrongly prosecuted over the software issues.
'It feels like a vindictive approach, in my view, Alan obviously led this from the start. Obviously the scandal would not have been where it is, and we would not have blown as wide open as we have without all the work that Alan's done over the years.Earlier this year, ITV bosses announced the first episode of Mr Bates vs. the Post Office had been watched by 9.2million viewers
Read More Post Office's top lawyers say colleagues had 'unhealthy view of subpostmasters' and did not ask themselves 'should we be doing this?', IT scandal inquiry hears The claimants were awarded £58 million in a settlement from the Post Office. However, once legal costs were deducted they received only £12 million – around £20,000 each on average.
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