‘Appalling’ false convictions for UK Post Office ‘thefts’ spur outrage


A file photo of a Royal Mail Post Office in London, Thursday, on Oct 10, 2013. UK police have opened a fraud investigation into Britain’s Post Office over a miscarriage of justice that saw hundreds of postmasters wrongfully accused of stealing money, when a faulty computer system was to blame. — AP

LONDON: Public anger is mounting over what has been described as Britain’s biggest ever miscarriage of justice that saw hundreds of subpostmasters wrongly convicted of theft because of a computer software glitch.

Lives were ruined by the false accusations that led to some Post Office branch managers being jailed, going bankrupt, losing their homes and their health.

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