The criminal conviction of a former Manchester postmaster could be overturned in the courts more than 20 years on after the Horizon scandal, it emerged today.
Many postmasters and sub-postmasters were sacked or prosecuted between 1999 and 2015 after money appeared to have vanished from accounts at their respective branches. The information came from the Horizon computer system used in Post Office branches, which turned out to be flawed.
The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) said today it had written to more than 300 people regarding 'potentially unjust convictions stemming from the faulty Horizon evidence' who can apply for a review of their convictions.
