London, July 8, 2025 (AFP) - Dozens in UK post office accounting scandal 'considered suicide': inquiry

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2025-07-08

Some 59 people caught up in a faulty accounting software scandal at British Post Office branches contemplated suicide, according to a public inquiry report published Tuesday. In one of the country's worst miscarriages of justice, the Post Office wrongfully prosecuted around 1,000 subpostmasters -- self-employed branch managers -- between 1999 and 2015. Errors in tech giant Fujitsu's "Legacy Horizon" accounting software incorrectly made it appear......

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