US EditionPost Office scandal: Police consider corporate manslaughter charges
Police probe now includes corporate manslaughter as over 900 wrongful prosecutions occurred due to Horizon IT system errors, officials said.
- Police officers investigating the Post Office Horizon IT scandal are considering corporate manslaughter charges.
- The Horizon IT system falsely created shortfalls in Post Office branches for which sub-postmasters were held liable, leading to prosecutions and some going to prison.
- The criminal investigation, Operation Olympos, began in 2020, and officers are appealing to former sub-postmasters who signed non-disclosure agreements to come forward.
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Police are considering corporate manslaughter charges in Post Office scandal
The criminal investigation into the scandal, in which hundreds of postmasters were wrongfully convicted of theft and false accounting via the Horizon software, has been expanded to include more "persons of interest".
Evening Standard
perspectivemedia.comPolice considering corporate manslaughter charges in Horizon scandal probe
There are now 53 persons of interest as part of the investigation.
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Post Office scandal: Police consider corporate manslaughter charges
Corporate manslaughter charges are now being considered by police investigating the Post Office Horizon scandal. The criminal investigation into the scandal, in which hundreds of postmasters were wrongfully convicted of theft and false accounting via the Horizon software, has also been expanded to include more “persons of interest” and an additional suspect. A further person has also been interviewed under caution, the National Police Chief’s Co…
Post Office Scandal: Police Consider Corporate Manslaughter Charges - Heartlands
Police Weigh Corporate Manslaughter Charges as Post Office Scandal Probe Reaches “Persons of Interest” Police investigating Britain’s worst miscarriage of justice are now considering corporate manslaughter charges. The National Police Chiefs’ Council confirmed that fifty-three persons of interest are now under examination, with eight individuals remaining formal suspects in Operation Olympos, the sprawling criminal investigation into the Post Of…
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