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. Betty Brown sitting in her home - she has white hair, a red top, a slight smile, and pearl necklaces on - her room is visible behind her out of focus

  2. A close up of a man in a suit, light blue shirt and yellow tie

  3. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer wears black glasses and a dark suit.

  4. Large group picture of about a dozen Hillsborough campaigners including Margaret Aspinall with David Lammy, Steve Rotheram and Andy Burnham. They are lined up outside the memorial listing the names of 97 victims on the wall of Anfield stadium.

  5. 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

  6. 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 rollneck jumper, a grey blazer and glasses.

  7. Robin Garbutt wearing a grey suit, arriving at Teesside Crown Court, Middlesbrough for the start of his trial in 2011, where he convicted of murdering his postmistress wife, Diana

  8. 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.

  9. 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

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

  11. 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.

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

  13. 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.

    14. 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.

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