Ravinder Naga, from Greenock, said he cried tears of relief after his conviction was quashed after he falsely admitted stealing £35,000 to save his mother from prison.
The son of a subpostmistress who falsely admitted stealing £35,000 to save his mother from prison has said he shed tears of relief when his conviction was quashed.
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"I'd have been sitting here now getting a letter saying that my dead mum was being exonerated, because that's the effect it would have had on the family."
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