Britain's deranged Post Office scandal, wherein hundreds of postal workers were falsely accused of stealing money because of a faulty computer accounting system and in many cases imprisoned, is finally exploding in the wake of "new revelations": even though there's no question they are innocent, only a handful have been exonerated and many are still on the hook.
What is the Post Office Horizon IT scandal all about?
All you need to know about one of the most widespread miscarriages of justice in UK history
The Post Office scandal involves miscarriages of justice involving hundreds of innocent people who were wrongly convicted of theft, fraud and false accounting.
It has been going on for over 20 years, with the Post Office accused of a cover up after it repeatedly failed to disclose key evidence.
The Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry and court cases have heard that at least 60 subpostmasters have died without seeing justice or compensation, and at least four took their own lives.
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The Horizon system is still used by the Post Office, which describes the latest version as "robust"
https://corporate.postoffice.co.uk/en/horizon-scandal-pages/faqs
Why are people talking about the Post Office scandal now?
An independent public inquiry has been examining the treatment of sub-postmasters, compensation and the Horizon system. It began in February 2021
Mr Bates vs The Post Office - an ITV drama broadcast in early January - thrust the issue back into the spotlight, with another 50 potential victims coming forward.
@ecksmc How tragic! First I have heard. Hope they get justice😞
@damselfly59 post office is just running down the clock knowing most of the folk who worked/ran a post office are either dead or have one foot in the grave
by the time the met police have finished their investigation, which could take years, it might be to late for majority of them
@damselfly59 nope it's no better here than it is anywhere else
@ecksmc that is shite. Something I would expect here, somehow thought it better there. Plebes vs peasants is boiling hotter.