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Barbara Smith was just 22 years old when she left Hampshire behind and set off for India on what was meant to be the trip of a lifetime. Like other young adults yearning to escape the economic gloom of 1970s Britain, she was drawn east to the hedonistic world of hippie Asia — blissfully unaware … Read more
Hundreds of postmasters are finally cleared after they were falsely convicted of ‘fraud’ caused by computer glitches Victory as first six postmasters are cleared after IT glitch led to fraud convictions They had convictions quashed at London’s Southwark Crown Court on Friday Between 1999 and 2015, hundreds of innocent postmasters were prosecuted By Tom Witherow … Read more
Seema Misra was eight weeks pregnant when she was sentenced to 15 months in jail for stealing from the Post Office branch she ran. Protesting her innocence throughout her nine-day trial at Guildford Crown Court in 2010, the sub-postmistress from Surrey said she couldn’t explain how £74,609 had gone ‘missing’ from her West Byfleet branch. … Read more
Seema Misra was eight weeks pregnant when she was sentenced to 15 months in jail for stealing from the Post Office branch she ran. Protesting her innocence throughout her nine-day trial at Guildford Crown Court in 2010, the sub-postmistress from Surrey said she couldn’t explain how £74,609 had gone ‘missing’ from her West Byfleet branch. … Read more
Fury over Post Office ‘whitewash’: Victims feat probe into postmasters IT scandal will be toothless It said the probe ‘has no teeth’ and its scope must change to deliver justice Government urged to give inquiry powers to compel witnesses to be questioned Post Office chairman Tim Parker recently apologised for ‘historical failings’ By Larissa Brown … Read more
Now strip Post Office chief of her CBE: Former boss Paula Vennells should lose the honour over postmasters wrongly convicted in IT scandal, MPs say Paula Vennells is accused of wrongly dragging hundreds of postmasters to court Hundreds of postmasters blamed for losses were bankrupted, sacked or jailed MPs have demanded that the former Post … Read more
Post office bosses ‘knew IT glitch could be to blame for missing money… but still took postmasters to court’ Post Office chiefs were told that IT system Horizon could be to blame in 2011 Documents have revealed that they pursued prosecutions against staff anyway Hundreds of postmasters were sacked, wrongfully convicted or went bankrupt New evidence … Read more