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The British Post Office scandal, also called the Horizon IT scandal, involved the Post Office pursuing thousands of innocent subpostmasters for apparent financial shortfalls caused by faults in Horizon, an accounting software system developed by Fujitsu. Between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 subpostmasters were convicted of theft, fraud and ...
Lee Castleton OBE (born () 1 January 1969 [1] [2]) is an English former subpostmaster who was sued by the Post Office and bankrupted after his accounts showed discrepancies due the Post Office's faulty Horizon accounting software. He has since become a prominent campaigner for other victims of the British Post Office scandal.
The Post Office said in a press release in response it would have no objection to relinquishing its role: “While £179 million ($229 million) has been delivered in redress to victims of this ...
Sir Alan Bates (born 1954 or 1955) is a former subpostmaster and a leading campaigner for victims of the British Post Office scandal, in which thousands of subpostmasters were accused of dishonesty when faulty Post Office accounting software created shortfalls in their accounts. After the Post Office terminated his contract in 2003 over a false ...
The saga, commonly referred to as the “Post Office scandal,” is at the forefront of the public’s mind once again, following the TV series Mr Bates vs the Post Office airing on U.K. TV. The ...
Between 2000 and 2014, more than 700 subpostmasters and subpostmistresses were wrongly prosecuted.
Post Office scandal may refer to: The Congressional Post Office scandal in the US, concerning corruption (investigated 1991–95) The British Post Office scandal , concerning the wrongful prosecution of subpostmasters (began late 1990s)
Viewers of ITV’s latest drama series have shared their strong reactions to the depiction of the Post Office scandal, widely considered as one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in British ...