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Post Office inquiry live: Angela van den Bogerd shown letter blaming PO for postmaster's death - BBC News | Post Office inquiry live: Angela van den Bogerd shown letter blaming PO for postmaster's death - BBC News |
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More than 900 sub-postmasters were prosecuted for stealing because of incorrect information from a computer system called Horizon, in what has been called the UK's most widespread miscarriage of justice. | |
The Post Office itself took many cases to court, prosecuting 700 people between 1999 and 2015. Another 283 cases were brought by other bodies, including the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). | |
Many went to prison for false accounting and theft. Many were financially ruined. | |
In 2017, a group of 555 sub-postmasters took legal action against the Post Office. In 2019, it agreed to pay them £58m in compensation, but much of the money went on legal fees. | |
A draft report uncovered by the BBC shows the Post Office spent £100m fighting the group in court despite knowing its defence was untrue. The Post Office said it would be "inappropriate" to comment. | |
Although campaigners won the right for cases to be reconsidered, so far only 102 convictions had been overturned. | |
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