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More than 2,700 postmasters have already been compensated in what is being called the UK\u2019s largest miscarriage of justice<\/h2>\n
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Holding people accountable for the miscarriage of justice caused by the Horizon IT scandal<\/a>\u00a0is now as important as any level of compensation, says Tony McClements, writing exclusively for the Toronto Star<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of former sub-postmasters in the UK have been convicted of fraud and other offences, and many more left destitute – while some have even taken their lives – after the Post Office chased phantom losses caused by faults in its Horizon IT software.<\/p>\n

Now being referred to as the UK\u2019s largest ever miscarriage of justice, a public inquiry is underway and the UK Government has said it is looking at new legislation to quash convictions, while moves are afoot to offer new compensation to those affected.<\/p>\n

A powerful TV drama, \u2018Mr Bates vs the Post Office\u2019, tells the story of this shocking saga on the ITVX<\/a> platform.<\/p>\n

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Toronto Star: Seeking justice in UK Post Office scandal<\/a><\/h4>\n

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Tony McClements<\/a> is Head of Investigations at Martin Kenney & Co (MKS) and a veteran former fraud detective in UK police forces<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s time to hold people accountable for the UK Post Office’s Horizon IT scandal, writes Tony McClements for the Toronto Star.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5965,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[398,397,325],"class_list":["post-5961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-horizon-it","tag-post-office","tag-tony-mcclements"],"yoast_head":"\nOPINION | Seeking justice in UK's Post Office scandal - MKS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It's time to hold people accountable for the UK Post Office's Horizon IT scandal, writes Tony McClements for the Toronto Star.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"OPINION | Seeking justice in UK's Post Office scandal - 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