Post Office scandal victims convictions to be quashed

UK government introduced new legislation on Wednesday to exonerate hundreds of UK Post Office workers wrongly prosecuted over faulty computer software.

Between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 sub-postmasters were wrongly prosecuted due to a faulty accounts software called Horizon, which showed errors that did not exist. Rishi Sunak, UK Prime Minister said "Today we're introducing legislation to quash convictions resulting from this scandal.

The Department for Business and Trade will be responsible for the new Redress Scheme and we're widening access to the optional 75,000 pound payment. Hundreds of innocent sub postmasters have fought long and hard for justice.

With this bill we will deliver it." Under the terms of the bill, which is expected to become law by the summer, convictions will be automatically quashed if they meet certain conditions, including if the cases were brought by the state-owned Post Office or the Crown Prosecution Service.