Row over delay’ in letting PO subpostmasters know convictions are quashed’
The Herald|September 06, 2024
FEWER than one in six wrongly accused subpostmasters have been sent letters confirming their convictions have been quashed, the Conservatives have said.
Row over delay’ in letting PO subpostmasters know convictions are quashed’

More than 700 subpostmasters were prosecuted by the Post Office and given criminal convictions between 1999 and 2015, as Fujitsu's faulty Horizon IT system made it appear as though money was missing at their branches.

Shadow business minister Jerome Mayhew accused the Government of "exacerbating" the victims' trauma by "sitting on the letters", while Tory former minister David Davis urged the Government to send them out "quickly".

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds admitted that progress on sending the letters out is "not fast enough", but assured MPs it is a priority.

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