Post Office Inquiry

Post Office Horizon scandal: Why hundreds were wrongly prosecuted

Many were wrongly prosecuted after faulty software said money was missing from their Post Office branch accounts.
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  1. 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.

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

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

  4. 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.

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

  6. Millie Castleton as a young adult close up portrait

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

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

  9. Five smartly dressed people sitting on the BBC Breakfast sofas

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. Woman with red hair speaking into purple microphone

  13. Seema Misra

  14. A group of sub-postmasters outside a court

  15. Sally Stringer pictured wearing a striped pink and white shirt with a woolly blue jacket over the top. She has short curly grey hair.

  16. Jo Hamilton, who has blonde curly hair, speaks on camera to the BBC

  17. Rab Thomson is a man in his 60s who has grey receding hair and is wearing a green T-shirt

  18. Someone reading the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry Report Volume 1

  19. Demonstrators protest outside the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry at the International Dispute Resolution Centre, during hearings on compensation in December 2022

  20. Former post office workers celebrate outside the Royal Courts of Justice, London, after having their convictions overturned by the Court of Appeal in 2021

  21. Norman and Amanda Barber, both wearing waterproof blue coats and sunglasses, smile for the camera with the sea behind them

  22. Former sub-postmaster Harjinder Butoy sitting on a chair at his home in Chesterfield

  23. Jo Hamilton holds up her OBE medal which is adorned with red ribbons. She has curly, shoulder-length, blonde hair and wears a bright blue outfit including an ornate, ribboned hat, and a matching jacket and blouse.

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