Tag: subpostmasters

Former UK Post Office chief apologises to subpostmasters at Horizon IT inquiry

Disgraced ex-Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells apologised for “all that subpostmasters and families… have suffered” as her evidence to the Horizon IT inquiry in the UK got under way. The 65-year-old ordained priest told the inquiry on Wednesday that she had been “too trusting”. She was given a self-incrimination warning by chair Sir Wyn […]

Horizon scandal subpostmasters could have names cleared by end of year

Hundreds of Post Office branch managers who were wrongly convicted in the Horizon IT scandal could have their names cleared by the end of the year. Blanket legislation to exonerate subpostmasters convicted in England and Wales will be introduced within weeks. Rishi Sunak said they were victims of “one of the greatest miscarriages of justice […]