The widower of a Manchester Post Office worker jailed for theft is waiting for a ruling on an appeal.
Ian O’Donnell wants to posthumously clear Joanne O’Donnell’s name. Three appeal judges today (Tuesday) considered the case seven years after Mrs O’Donnell, who worked at North Levenshulme Post Office in Manchester, died aged 64.
Lord Justice Holroyde, Mr Justice Picken and Sir Nigel Davis, who heard arguments at a Court of Appeal hearing in London, were told that Mrs O’Donnell had been convicted of theft and given a seven-month jail term after a trial at Manchester Crown Court in 2007. They said they would deliver a ruling on a date to be fixed.
