Post Office scandal report shows 'full scale of horror'

A REPORT into the Post Office Horizon scandal “shows the full scale of the horror” unleashed on people just trying to do their jobs, a former sub-postmistress says.

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Jo Hamilton was falsely prosecuted for an alleged shortfall of £36,000 at her Post Office branch in South Warnborough, Hampshire, in 2006.

A first tranche of the public inquiry’s final report into the scandal, published yesterday, laid bare the devastating consequences for victims and their families, from police investigations to convictions and imprisonment.

From 1999 to 2015, approximately 1,000 sub-postmasters were prosecuted after faulty Horizon accounting software made it look as though money was missing from their accounts.