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Post Office statement following CCRC article on referring convictions and sentences to the courts

Post Office statement following CCRC article on referring convictions and sentences to the courts

Commenting on a long-read article by the Criminal Cases Review Commission entitled 'Why all Post Office convictions cannot be referred at once', a Post Office spokesperson said:
“We are doing our utmost to encourage anyone who believes they were wrongly convicted to appeal.
“That is why we asked the independent Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) to also make contact with people whose c

Update on Post Office’s investigation into historical document containing racist and offensive language

Update on Post Office’s investigation into historical document containing racist and offensive language

Following a Freedom of Information (FOI) request for documents held by Post Office’s Security Team during the period 2008 – 2011, a document was released that contained racist and offensive language.
Post Office does not tolerate racism in any shape or form. The language and classifications used in the historical document is completely abhorrent and condemned by today’s Post Office.
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Post Office statement - release of historical document via recent Freedom of Information request

Post Office statement - release of historical document via recent Freedom of Information request

Commenting on the release of a historical document disclosed via a Freedom of Information (FOI) request, A Post Office spokesperson said:
“Post Office does not tolerate racism in any shape or form. The language used in this historic document is completely abhorrent and condemned by today’s Post Office. We fully support investigations into Post Office’s past wrong doings and believe the Horizon

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