'I have carried the shame ever since - I refuse to carry it any longer': Innocent victims of Post Office scandal from Greater Manchester speak out
manchestereveningnews.co.ukVictims of the Post Office scandal from Greater Manchester have powerfully spoken out to reveal how false charges wrecked their lives.
They spoke defiantly in unison on breakfast television today as the Government faced increasing calls to immediately compensate all those forced to pay back money they didn't steal - and to quash all wrongful convictions.
The postal services minister, Kevin Hollinrake, said the use of emergency legislation to correct the decades-old wrong wasn't being ruled out, as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was expected to address the issue at Prime Minister's Questions in Parliament later on Wednesday. Try MEN Premium now with our amazing New Year offer...
just click here to give it a go. Some 130 people affected by the Horizon scandal have come forward since a new TV programme dramatising the miscarriage of justice aired.
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