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Thirty-nine former Post Office workers cleared of theft and fraud by Court of Appeal

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Dozens of former subpostmasters who were convicted of theft and fraud because of the Post Office's defective accounting system have finally had their names cleared by the Court of Appeal.

Thirty-nine employees will be able to walk free after judges at the Royal Courts of Justice quashed previous convictions of fraud on grounds that the subpostmasters did not have a fair trial.

Lord Justice Holroyde said the Post Office "knew there were serious issues about the reliability of Horizon" and had a "clear duty to investigate" the system's defects.

But he added the Post Office "consistently asserted that Horizon was robust and reliable", and "effectively steamrolled over any subpostmaster who sought to challenge its accuracy.” Today’s outcome

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