Court of Appeal Overturns Fraud Conviction in Post Office Scandal
Kathleen Crane, a former sub-postmistress, cleared of charges based on faulty Horizon IT system data.
- Kathleen Crane, a former sub-postmistress, had her fraud conviction overturned by the Court of Appeal.
- Crane was one of many postmasters convicted based on faulty data from the Post Office's Horizon IT system.
- The judges ruled that Crane's prosecution was an 'abuse of process' and her conviction 'unsafe'.
- Crane had been ordered to repay over £18,000 she was accused of taking from her branch in Eastbourne, East Sussex.
- Crane's case is the first of many expected to reach the Court of Appeal as a result of the Post Office's own case review.
Evening Standard 
