Rishi Sunak considers plan to exonerate Post Office Horizon scandal victims
by Rajeev Syal and Kiran Stacey from World news | The Guardian on (#6HNBJ)
Prime minister reveals government could also strip Post Office of its powers to prosecute
Post office operators whose lives have been ruined by the Horizon scandal could be exonerated under plans being considered by the government, Rishi Sunak has said.
The prime minister also confirmed that Alex Chalk, the justice secretary, could strip the Post Office of its powers to prosecute after more than 700 branch managers were wrongly handed criminal convictions.
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