Post Office scandal: Ministers call for end to convictions
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Post Office scandal: Ministers call for end to convictions
Former Justice Secretary Sir Robert Buckland has called for the government to enforce “new legislation to end the convictions” of hundreds of post office operators who were wrongly convicted of theft and fraud in the Post Office scandal.
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Former prime minister Gordon Brown accuses Fujitsu of misleading ministers over the Post Office’s faulty Horizon IT system. Speaking to ITV News from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Mr Brown says..
Post Office minister Kevin Hollinrake says, “we are looking at significant measures to accelerate the overturn of convictions.” He suggests this could include possible legislation.
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The Chair of the Labour Party Annaliese Dodds has called on the government to act “speedily” in the process of overturning convictions of the sub-postmasters who were victims of the Post Office..
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