Post Office Inquiry

Post Office Horizon scandal: Why hundreds were wrongly prosecuted

Widely called the UK's most widespread miscarriage of justice, the scandal led to a lengthy inquiry.
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  1. A woman wearing glasses and a dark jacket. She has long fair hair and is wearing earrings. There are other people - some with cameras - in the background.

  2. Campaigners outside Aldwych House, central London, where the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry is taking place - they are holding up two banners, a blue one with the text Justice for subpostmasters alliance - and a second red one with SOS: Support our Sub-postmasters written on it

  3. A group of people holding up a long red sign with the text: SOS support our sub-postmasters

  4. A selfie of Tim Brentnall, his wife and child. Tim is wearing a green and black checked shirt, and green glasses. His wife has red hair and is wearing dark glasses. The toddler is wearing a light coloured hat. They all look at the camera.

  5. Tearful Janet Skinner with shoulder length straight blonde hair wearing a black high neck jumper sitting on a grey sofa with checked cushions

  6. A woman on stage and in character holding a phone against her ear with her eyes closed and looking distressed as she sits in front of a computer screen with a red circular Post Office sign above her head behind her and tinsel on the walls behind.

    7. Left, Betty Brown wears a red top and cream jacket. Right, Gareth Thomas wears glasses, white shirt, blue suit jacket and blue tie with white dots.

    • Rooprit Gill dressed in black clothing and a red and black scarf is seen cutting a red ribbon with the Post Office logo on with red scissors. She is stood with a crowd of other people outside the Post Office.

    • A woman with black shoulder-length hair wearing a black and white top smiles at the camera. She stands in a office near the counters.

    • Actor Will Mellor with Lee Castleton, the postmaster he portrayed in a drama about the Horizon IT Scandal

    • Two people in an old photo - on the left is a man with brown hair in a blue jumper and black shirt. On the right is Patricia, a woman with a black roll neck, a grey blazer and glasses.

    • Former sub-postmaster Alan Bates smiling at the camera while wearing a dark suit and yellow tie.

    • A street view image of the exterior of the store. It has a green sign, a black door, with a ramp running up to it.

    • Former sub-postmasters appear on BBC Breakfast following the publication of a report into the scandal

    • Millie Castleton as a young adult close up portrait

    • A head and shoulders shot of Sue Beacock wearing sunglasses. She has mid-length grey hair and is wearing a black jumper.

    • A woman with long black hair and a black top with a pink floral pattern on it in a room with a grey wall

    • Five smartly dressed people sitting on the BBC Breakfast sofas

    • Teju Adedayo hugs Betty Brown. Ms Adedayo has dark hair styled in braids and is wearing a blue top. Ms Brown has grey hair and is wearing a white jacket.

    • Tom Hedges outside the Court of Appeal after his conviction was quashed. He is wearing a grey suit, sky blue shirt and black and blue striped tie. He has glasses and a white moustache. He holds aloft a bottle of champagne in one hand a glass in the other and is surrounded by other victims in front of a banner.

    • Woman with red hair speaking into purple microphone

    • Seema Misra

    • A group of sub-postmasters outside a court

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