Post office scandal: Dozens 'considered suicide'

There was a 'real possibility' that 13 did kill themselves

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Some 59 people caught up in a faulty accounting software scandal at British Post Office branches contemplated suicide, according to a public inquiry report published yesterday.

In one of the country's worst miscarriages of justice, the Post Office wrongfully prosecuted around 1,000 sub-postmasters — self-employed branch managers — between 1999 and 2015.

Errors in tech giant Fujitsu's "Legacy Horizon" accounting software incorrectly made it appear that money was missing from their accounts.

Former Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells broke down when recalling the case of one sub-postmaster who took his own life after being accused over a £39,000 shortfall.