The brother of a Nottingham man stabbed to death by his mentally ill son – after ‘repeated cries for help were ignored’ – says he’s been contacted by other families who are worried their relatives are not getting the professional support they need and may pose a threat to others. Brenton Marriott, 58, died in […]
The widower of a former County Durham sub-postmistress who spent years challenging the Post Office over alleged shortfalls in her branch accounts says a written apology – which has come more than 20 years after she was taken to court – will finally allow her to rest in peace. June Tooby was tormented by continuing […]
The daughter of a former Kent sub-postmistress, Patricia Owen, whose ‘world came to an end’ when she was convicted of theft from her branch in the 1990s is one of a new wave of people fighting to clear their names as part of the Post Office scandal. Although hundreds have now had their convictions quashed […]
A family say they hope a Government pledge to support former sub-postmasters affected by Post Office IT issues way back as far as the early 1990s will finally help them clear the name of a ‘loving and attentive’ father who was ‘destroyed’ after being accused of fraud and theft. Peter Lloyd-Holt died aged 75 in […]
A vulnerable woman with schizophrenia was left to starve to death in her social housing flat as she was ‘failed and forgotten’ by adult social care, her family and their legal team say. Laura Winham, 41, was found dead at her social housing property in Woking by her mother and brother in May 2021. The […]
Lawyers representing former sub-postmasters who were prosecuted, sacked or made to pay back alleged branch shortfalls when using the Capture accounting system today welcomed a Government pledge to support exonerations and compensate victims. Hudgell Solicitors are already advising a significant number of former sub-postmasters who were affected between 1992 and 1999 when various versions and […]
A High Court Judge has ruled that a man who published and broadcast theories that the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing was an ‘elaborate hoax’ and was guilty of harassing survivors pay them a total of £45,000 in damages. Richard Hall, a self-described ‘journalist’, claimed that the terrorist attack, which killed 22 people on May 22, […]
The inquest into the death of Laura Winham has been adjourned after hearing three days of evidence. Legal teams will now have the opportunity to make submissions to the Coroner based on the evidence heard before she makes her findings and rulings over Laura’s cause of death. Evidence was heard from Laura’s family and representatives […]
A former subpostmaster has told how she finally feels ‘burden free’ and intends to buy the home she has always wanted after receiving £600,000 compensation as part of the new Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme. The woman, who has asked not to be named, received her letter from the Ministry of Justice in August confirming her […]
Statement from solicitor Neil Hudgell, of Hudgell Solicitors, who represents the family of Lewis Skelton. Lewis’ family welcome the decision of the Independent Office for Police Conduct (“IOPC”) to reinvestigate the death of their much-loved father, son, brother and uncle. However, the family do not welcome the years-long legal wrangles which have led to this […]
Hudgell Solicitors issues the following statement on behalf of the Coates family, the O’Malley-Kumar family, and the Webber family. On the 13th of June 2023, our lives changed forever. The brutal, calculated and unprovoked attack by Valdo Calocane took the lives of three innocent, decent and kind human beings: Barney Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian […]
Six more former Subpostmasters had long-standing convictions relating to the Post Office Horizon scandal quashed in court this morning – as former chief executive Paula Vennells began giving her long-awaited evidence at the Public Inquiry. Having lived for two decades wrongfully labelled a convicted criminal, former Merseyside sub-postmistress Sushma Blaggan headed straight from the Royal […]
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