Horizon scandal: Call for all Post Office convictions to be overturned

A call has been made for hundreds of Post Office staff wrongly accused of theft and false accounting to all have their convictions overturned. In September, the government said Post Office staff who have had wrongful convictions for theft and false accounting overturned would be offered £600,000 each in compensation. Only 93 convictions have been overturned, according to the Horizon Compensation Advisory Board, an independent group overseeing compensation related to the scandal. "The convictions are unsafe not only because they relied on the Horizon computer evidence, but also because of egregious systemic Post Office behaviour in interviews and pursuing prosecutions," he said. Mr Hodges said the "Only viable approach" was for "All 900+ Post Office-driven convictions from the Horizon period" to be overturned.

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