Post Office Court of Appeal Judgment Debate
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Zarah Sultana
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Post Office Court of Appeal Judgment
Zarah Sultana Excerpts(3 years ago)
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Zarah Sultana (Coventry South) (Lab) [V]
The wrongful conviction of the sub-postmasters is one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in British legal history. Post Office bosses aggressively prosecuted workers in spite of full knowledge that the Horizon data system was unreliable and that many convictions were unsafe. People’s lives were ruined, with some tragically passing away before their names were cleared. To get the answers that workers deserve and hold to account those who were responsible for this injustice, will the Government heed the Communication Workers Union’s call for a proper public inquiry into what happened, put it on a statutory footing and give it the necessary powers to compel witnesses and require them to give evidence under oath?
Paul Scully
I refer the hon. Lady to the answer I gave a moment ago.