A further 12 former sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses including three who served time in prison, have had their convictions relating to the Post Office (PO) Horizon scandal overturned by the Court of Appeal
In April, 39 sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses had their convictions overturned, in Hamilton & Ors v PO [2021] EWCA Crim 577.
Neil Hudgell, of Hudgell Solicitors, who has represented 46 of the 57 successful appellants, said: ‘Once again we have been proud to represent a group of people here who did no wrong, who were bullied into admitting to crimes they had not committed, made to pay back large sums of money they had not taken and who saw their lives irreparably damaged as a result.’
The PO has said it will not contest any Horizon appeals and has written to 540 former sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses to say they may have been wrongfully prosecuted.
