Published 02/17/2022 7:32:00 a.m.

Horizon IT scandal: Victims must be given 'full, fair and final compensation', new report rules

Summary by Ground News

More than 700 former Post Office staff wrongly prosecuted for theft and false accounting. Some ended up in jail, others became bankrupt trying to repay money they didn't owe, and a few even took their own lives before their names could be cleared. 555 sub-postmasters, who originally brought the case to court, have lost out on money.

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BBC News

Post Office scandal: MPs call for full postmaster compensation

The government must fully compensate Post Office staff who were wrongly accused of fraud, MPs say.

02/17/2022 12:12:50 a.m.·United Kingdom

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The Independent

MPs demand full compensation for wronged staff in Post Office scandal

‘Everything has just fallen apart for me and I want somebody to go to prison,’ one former post office worker testifies

02/17/2022 12:17:09 a.m.·London, United Kingdom

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Sky News UK

Horizon IT scandal: Victims must be given 'full, fair and final compensation', new report rules

More than 700 Post Office staff were wrongly prosecuted for theft and false accounting. Some were jailed, some took their own lives.

02/17/2022 3:47:00 a.m.·United Kingdom

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The Times

Post Office scandal: Victims ‘dying as payouts are delayed’

Victims of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal could be financially ruined or die before seeing justice because of delays and failures in administering £1 billi

02/17/2022 12:00:00 a.m.·London, United Kingdom

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The Press

MPs demand Government ‘fully compensates’ all victims of Post Office scandal

The chairman of a Commons committee also said the families of sub-postmasters who had died should also be recompensed.

02/17/2022 12:07:21 a.m.·York, United Kingdom

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Yorkshire Post

Postmasters: End this compensation injustice now over Horizon IT scandal and biggest ever miscarriage of justice– The Yorkshire Post says

THE wrongful conviction of hundreds of sub-postmasters in the decades-long Horizon IT scandal was already Britain’s biggest miscarriage of justice before a public inquiry started this week.

02/17/2022 5:59:13 a.m.·Leeds, United Kingdom

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