Anorexia, bankruptcy, suicide – how the Horizon IT system ruined lives
The public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal has published its first report into what went wrong and how the victims should be properly compensated.
The inquiry's chair, Sir Wyn Williams, has found that at least 13 postmasters may have taken their own lives after being accused of wrongdoing based on evidence from the Horizon IT system which both the Post Office and its maker, Fujitsu, knew could be false.
In today's episode Niall Paterson speaks to our business correspondent Paul Kelso about just how damning these findings are and also to former postmistress Janet Skinner who was…
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