Hundreds of Post Office victims to get access to new compensation scheme

More than 900 post office operators were convicted in the criminal courts using flawed evidence from the Horizon computer system. Photograph: William Barton/Alamy

Hundreds of wrongly convicted Post Office operators will be able to access a new compensation scheme, the UK government has announced.

About 900 individuals had their criminal convictions quashed earlier this year by legislation introduced in May to exonerate people who had been wrongly prosecuted for financial shortfalls using evidence from the Post Office’s Horizon IT system.