Family of late Post Office victim win fight to clear her name

Caren had worked in the New Farm Loch Post Office in Kilmarnock for 17 years before an audit in 2008 uncovered an apparent £38,000 shortfall. Caren's family were hoping her name would be cleared at a court hearing on Friday but her niece, Joanne Hughes, received an email from the family's lawyer ten days ago. Caren's name would likely have been cleared by Scottish Parliament legislation automatically exonerating all affected sub-postmasters. In Scotland the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service had sole responsibility for prosecuting Horizon cases, whereas in England the Post Office could act as prosecutor. The COPFS knew in 2013 there were potential problems with the Post Office Horizon IT system and it officially stopped prosecuting cases in 2015.

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