Lawyers acting for sub-postmasters prosecuted by the Post Office claim some investigators involved in the prosecutions may have broken the law.
They said there is evidence to support allegations that more than a dozen Post Office staff may have conspired to pervert the course of justice.
The claims were made in a submission to the official inquiry into the scandal,
The claims were made in a submission to the official inquiry into the scandal,
Between 1999 and 2015, some 700 sub-postmasters and postmistresses were prosecuted by the Post Office, accused of theft and false accounting in cases that may have relied on evidence from the now-discredited Horizon IT system, which was developed by Fujitsu.
Some of those convicted went to prison, many were financially ruined and some have since died.
The law firm Hodge Jones & Allen represents a number of former sub-postmasters, including Lee Castleton, who was made bankrupt after a two-year legal battle with the Post Office. Mr Castleton was one of the sub-postmasters portrayed in the ITV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office broadcast in January.
He had been blamed for a shortfall of £25,000 in the accounts of his post office branch in Bridlington and when he refused to pay, the Post Office took him to court – and later pursued him for legal costs.
Lawyers acting for sub-postmasters prosecuted by the Post Office claim some investigators involved in the prosecutions may have broken the law.
The claims were made in a submission to the official inquiry into the scandal,
They said there is evidence to support allegations that more than a dozen Post Office staff may have conspired to pervert the course of justice.
Between 1999 and 2015, some 700 sub-postmasters and postmistresses were prosecuted by the Post Office, accused of theft and false accounting in cases that may have relied on evidence from the now-discredited Horizon IT system, which was developed by Fujitsu.
The claims were made in a submission to the official inquiry into the scandal,
The claims were made in a submission to the official inquiry into the scandal,
Between 1999 and 2015, some 700 sub-postmasters and postmistresses were prosecuted by the Post Office, accused of theft and false accounting in cases that may have relied on evidence from the now-discredited Horizon IT system, which was developed by Fujitsu.
Some of those convicted went to prison, many were financially ruined and some have since died.
The law firm Hodge Jones & Allen represents a number of former sub-postmasters, including Lee Castleton, who was made bankrupt after a two-year legal battle with the Post Office. Mr Castleton was one of the sub-postmasters portrayed in the ITV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office broadcast in January.
He had been blamed for a shortfall of £25,000 in the accounts of his post office branch in Bridlington and when he refused to pay, the Post Office took him to court – and later pursued him for legal costs.
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