Wrongly convicted postmasters set for immediate £200k under new deal

Between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 former sub-postmasters were wrongly convicted of theft and fraud on the basis of incorrect data from a faulty IT system called Horizon. Mr Sabet, who ran three post offices in West Sussex, was given a 12-month suspended sentence following his conviction in 2009 based on evidence from the Post Office's faulty IT system. More than 900 sub-postmasters were wrongly convicted during the Horizon IT scandal. Former Conservative business secretary Greg Clark also appeared before the inquiry and said the Post Office's prosecutions against sub-postmasters were "Corrupt" and "Unreliable". Alan Cook, former managing director of the Post Office, also apologised for accusing sub-postmasters of having their "Hands in the till" and said he would "Regret for the rest of my life" making the comments.

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