Subpostmaster conviction goes to appeal court

Evidence system errors could have caused £57k losses

- By Alex Hickey, Josh Payne PA Chief Reporter [e-mail]

THE criminal conviction of a former subpostmaster, which was based on evidence from a third, potentially faulty Post Office system, has been referred to the Court of Appeal.

Gareth Snow previously pleaded guilty to false accounting in July 2001 after admitting falsifying documents to cover losses of more than £57,000 at his branch in Denbighshire, resulting in him being jailed for six months.

The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) said his conviction has now been referred to the Court of Appeal after his initial prosecution was based on the Post Office’s potentially faulty Automatic Payment Service (APS) and Automatic Payment Terminal (APT) system.