Post Office scandal: Police to deploy 80 detectives for criminal inquiry

Post Office Horizon IT scandal: 80 detectives across UK set to investigate

The public inquiry into why more than 700 sub-postmasters were wrongly convicted is not expected to publish its final report until autumn 2025 - meaning any potential criminal charges may not be filed until 2026 at the earliest.

Inquiry into Post Office scandal is to involve 80 detectives & cost £6.75m

A CRIMINAL inquiry into the Post Office scandal is set to involve 80 detectives and cost £6.75million. It will look into claims of perverting justice and perjury after 900 sub-postmasters were wrongly convicted. Criminal inquiry into the Post Office scandal is set to cost £6.75million, above former postmistress Cheryl Shaw They were prosecuted over accounting shortfalls despite known problems with the Horizon computer system they had to use. The…

Dozens of detectives to investigate bosses in Post Office scandal

Metropolitan Police are leading investigation into possible offences by senior leaders at Post Office and Fujitsu, but must wait until the public inquiry is complete

Met Police unit of 80 detectives probe Post Office Horizon scandal

Former chief executive Paula Vennells was booed by wrongly convicted subpostmasters last week

Post Office scandal: UK super team of 80 detectives to carry out criminal probe

Scotland Yard is set to probe whether there are any grounds to bring criminal charges for perjury and perverting the course of justice over the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of Post Office workers

Met to deploy 80 detectives over Post Office scandal

The Metropolitan Police is set to deploy 80 detectives to investigate the Post Office Horizon IT scandal, despite expectations that any criminal prosecutions on the incident could take years to come in. The scandal, which sparked widespread public and political outcry, saw innocent posties criminalised over false accounting due to faulty software supplied by Fujitsu, and was dramatised in Mr Bates vs The Post Office in January this year. The pol…