UK Government to Overturn Convictions in Post Office Horizon Scandal

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces plan for swift compensation as Fujitsu, the supplier of the faulty Horizon system, continues to win billions in government contracts.

UK's Post Office Horizon scandal involved the wrongful accusation and prosecution of 3,500 branch owner-operators for alleged fraud between 1999 and 2015 due to faults in the Horizon IT system developed by Fujitsu.
More than 900 people were prosecuted, many of whom were jailed and financially ruined, with some experiencing significant ill health, ostracism, family breakup, and in some cases, suicide.
The scandal was acknowledged and redressed only in 2019 and 2021 when a group of post office operators won a high court case ruling that their convictions were wrongful, with Horizon at fault.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak recently announced a plan to pass a law to overturn the convictions of all those accused over Horizon-related fraud or theft and offer them swift compensation.
Fujitsu, the supplier of the controversial Horizon system, has won billions in government contracts during the scandal, raising questions about government procurement processes.