History made as subpostmasters wrongly prosecuted in Horizon IT scandal have convictions quashed
Summary
A group of former subpostmasters wrongly convicted of financial crimes by the Post Office have had their names cleared at Southwark Crown Court, with more set to follow. The group of six are part of 47 referrals of miscarriages of justice made by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) in June. Former subpostmasters Vipinchandra Patel, Julie Cleife, Susan Rudkin, Kamran Ashraf, Jasvindr Barang and Christopher Trusdale all had their criminal records and convictions quashed. Over a period spanning around 20 years, subpostmasters were prosecuted for theft and false accounting, with many going bankrupt and some sent to jail. In October, the Post Office, following the CCRC group referral, said it would not contest the quashing of criminal records for 44 of the 47 cases referred for appeal.