The legislation, being introduced by the UK Government on Wednesday, will exonerate those convicted in England and Wales on the basis of the faulty Horizon accounting software.
Scotland’s Justice Secretary has said it is “extremely disappointing” that a law quashing wrongful convictions of subpostmasters caught up in the Horizon IT scandal will not apply in Scotland.
Around 100 Post Office subpostmasters in Scotland were among those convicted after being wrongly accused of embezzling money. “It is not too late for the UK Government to change their position but if this continues to be refused, we will introduce Scottish legislation that delivers justice for all those affected.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the proposed Post Office Offences Bill “marks an important step forward in finally clearing” the names of hundreds of wronged branch managers who have had their lives “callously torn apart”.
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