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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Hundreds of UK postal workers wrongly accused of fraud will have their convictions overturned

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Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Wednesday he will introduce measures to overturn the convictions of more than 700 post office branch managers who were wrongly accused of theft or fraud because of a faulty computer system.

The scandal, which saw hundreds of postmasters falsely convicted of stealing money because Post Office computers wrongly showed that funds were missing from their shops, is thought to be the most widespread miscarriage of justice in British history.

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