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Post Office scandal: 'Extremely disappointing' Scotland not included in Horizon law

Sky News Wednesday, 13 March 2024
Scotland's justice secretary has said it's "extremely disappointing" that a law quashing wrongful convictions of sub-postmasters caught up in the Post Office scandal will not apply north of the border.
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