"In his eyes, there is no spirit left." Clara White is describing the look of hopelessness in her brother, Thomas. He has spent 12 years in prison after stealing a mobile phone.
10.01.2024 - 10:39 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Victims of the Post Office scandal from Greater Manchester have powerfully spoken out to reveal how false charges wrecked their lives.
They spoke defiantly in unison on breakfast television today as the Government faced increasing calls to immediately compensate all those forced to pay back money they didn't steal - and to quash all wrongful convictions.
The postal services minister, Kevin Hollinrake, said the use of emergency legislation to correct the decades-old wrong wasn't being ruled out, as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was expected to address the issue at Prime Minister's Questions in Parliament later on Wednesday.
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Some 130 people affected by the Horizon scandal have come forward since a new TV programme dramatising the miscarriage of justice aired. Ministers are under pressure to address the devastating hurt suffered by hundreds of subpostmasters, as public anger over the Horizon IT scandal saw former Post Office boss Paula Vennells hand back her CBE.
The spotlight has also turned on IT giant Fujitsu, after its faulty accounting software Horizon helped lead to the conviction of more than 700 Post Office branch managers and subpostmasters.
One wrongly convicted postmaster said he became a virtual 'recluse' after being shunned by his community following his wrongful conviction when a £12,000 shortfall in his Post Office's accounts was discovered.
Mohammed Rasul, from Salford, told BBC Breakfast that he worked for the Post Office for 27 years. He said: "I was convicted of false accounting and had to wear a tag for three months. I had a suspended sentence for 12 months. I have carried the shame ever since - I refuse to carry it
"In his eyes, there is no spirit left." Clara White is describing the look of hopelessness in her brother, Thomas. He has spent 12 years in prison after stealing a mobile phone.
A teenager’s life could have been saved if he had been given “basic” instructions by Scout leaders, an inquest heard.
Andy Burnham has shed more light on the agreement he signed with scandal-hit software firm Fujitsu. Japanese company Fujitsu has been at the centre of the Post Office scandal, with its faulty Horizon accounting software being used to convict more than 900 sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses for years.
Brianna Ghey's mother has branded her daughter's killers as 'cowards' as she said it was a 'massive relief' knowing they are to be locked up for a long time.
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A victim of the IRA bombing in Manchester can continue legal action against former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams, a high court judge has ruled.
Britain's oldest Post Office scandal victim left Good Morning Britain viewers in tears as she detailed how she was hounded during her retirement, as she nursed her dying husband. Former employee Betty Brown, 91, said she was forced to quit by managers who blamed her age for the financial losses at the branch she ran with fellow postmaster, husband Oswall.
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There are “countless” secret victims of the Post Office’s Horizon scandal in Scotland who “buried” their trauma, a campaigning Scots MP said yesterday.
Sir Ed Davey has refused to apologise to victims of the Post Office scandal from Greater Manchester.
A vodka and cocaine fuelled killer driver crashed into a cyclist before fleeing and leaving him to die. After police traced Sam Hughes, he gave officers false names and pretended to be someone else.
Everyone in Scotland convicted as part of the Horizon Post Office scandal will be cleared, Humza Yousaf has said.
A new law will be introduced to exonerate hundreds of Post Office branch managers caught up in the Horizon IT scandal.
The creator of a petition calling for former Post Office boss Paula Vennells to hand back her CBE following the Horizon scandal has said it is 'fantastic' that she has lost her honour.
A widow has spoken of the "devastating" impact the 2009 Post Office scandal had on her late husband – a sub-postmaster who was forced to plead guilty to false accounting, despite doing nothing wrong. Marion Holmes' late husband Peter, who passed away in 2015, was in charge of the Jesmond Post Office in Newcastle when he was arrested over a 'missing' £46,000 due to the faulty Horizon computer system. Peter, a former police officer, was offered a plea bargain when his case came to court in 2010.The Post Office said they would drop the theft charge if he would plead guilty to false accounting.
Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells has confirmed that she will hand back her CBE following the fallout of the Horizon IT scandal, which led to the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of subpostmasters.
The current landscape is making it “increasingly hard” to fund British stories such as the Post Office drama that is currently dominating the news agenda, according to ITV‘s drama boss.
This Morning viewers were left in tears as the real-life Alan Bates and his wife Suzanne were awarded two luxury holidays live on the show. Alan and Suzanne appeared on the ITV daytime show to discuss the TV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office, which tells their real-life story. Alan Bates, 68, was the key campaigner who exposed the Post Office scandal, which saw innocent post office workers prosecuted for missing funds.
This Morning fans were left in tears as the real-life Mr Bates made an appearance on the programme, alongside his wife, Suzanne. Alan and Suzanne have been thrust back into the spotlight after the release of ITV's new series, Mr Bates vs The Post Office.