Solicitor: Tens of thousands Post Office scandal victims
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Solicitor: Tens of thousands Post Office scandal victims
Victims of the Horizon IT scandal could number "in the tens of thousands" if the families of affected sub-postmasters are taken into account, solicitor Neil Hudgell tells MPs on the Business and Trade select committee.
Dr Hudgell says: "There's another class of people that cannot be compensated in a way.
That's the spouses, the children, the parents”.
Report by Blairm.
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