A Sub-Postmaster wrongfully jailed for crimes he hadn’t committed has told the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry that he agreed to take part as he wants others who also suffered to come forward and secure justice.
Noel Thomas, of Anglesey, was one of more than 700 sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses prosecuted by the Post Office based on […]
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Neil Hudgell was asked by the i newspaper this week to comment on why victims’ stories must not be lost in the fray of political fighting around the Post Office Horizon scandal. Below is his article in full.
As we continue to seek full and fair compensation for all who have suffered at the hands of […]
In this series of podcasts Neil Hudgell provides his unrivalled insight into the Post Office scandal.
In Episode 4, Neil discusses the Government’s latest £600,000 compensation offer and why, for some, it’ll never be enough.
Statement from former sub-postmaster Vipinchandra Patel, 67, today following the quashing of his conviction relating to the Post Office Horizon Scandal.
He was handed an 18-week prison sentence for fraud in June 2011, having been accused of stealing £75,000.
Good faith, honesty, honour, integrity, and trust are the foundations of any relationship. Sub-postmasters delivered on these values […]
In this series of podcasts Neil Hudgell provides his unrivalled insight into the Post Office scandal. In Episode 2, Neil
explores how thousands of lives were ruined.
Three more former sub-postmasters who were victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal today had long-standing convictions quashed.
Each had been prosecuted by the Post Office for unexplained shortfalls in their accounts.
One, now aged 39, was sentenced in 2008 over a shortfall of just less than £3,500 and was sentenced to 150 hours community service and […]
Former Sub-Postmistress Jo Hamilton has told the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry how she kissed goodbye to her loved ones believing she’d be sent to prison for crimes she’d not committed.
Mrs Hamilton told day one of the inquiry she felt she was ‘going mad’ when unable to explain rising shortfalls in her accounts at the […]
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 Courts […]
Like hundreds of others, Tony Downey’s dream of running a rural Post Office turned into a nightmare.
Continuing shortfalls in his branch accounts – caused by the faulty Horizon accounting system – led to him losing his livelihood, declaring himself bankrupt and suffering from crippling anxiety and depression.
Such was the impact on life, he and his […]
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 conviction […]
Given our work supporting former and current postmasters affected by the Post Office’s point of sale accounting system, Horizon, I’ve been casting my eye over the recently launched Historical Shortfall Scheme.
The Historical Shortfall Scheme can be viewed here.
The Post Office says the scheme has been established to offer redress for those ‘who may have experienced […]
Chris Trousdale, 38, from Whitby, was one of the country’s youngest sub postmasters when he was prosecuted by the Post Office and advised to plead guilty to false accounting or face jail.
He was sentenced to a Community Punishment Order in March 2004, with a probation order and a fine, at the age of just 22.
Here, […]