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Former post office workers celebrate outside the Royal Courts of Justice, London, after having their convictions overturned by the Court of Appeal
THIRTY-NINE former postmasters wrongly convicted of stealing from the Post Office had their names cleared by the Court of Appeal yesterday after years of campaigning.
There were emotional scenes outside the Royal Courts of Justice as some of those convicted as a result of errors generated by a faulty computer system emerged to cheers from supporters.
Post Office bosses issued abject apologies, but only after the organisation spent years — and more than £100 million — prosecuting employees for non-existent cash shortfalls, despite knowing that the Horizon system did not work.
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors
