苏格兰的小组成立, 帮助副邮政局长寻求因信息系统故障而导致的错误定罪的赔偿. Scottish group launches to help sub-postmasters seek compensation for wrongful convictions due to faulty IT system.

在邮局丑闻中被错误定罪的前副校长Rab Thomson发起了苏格兰司法和补救邮政局长小组,以帮助受害者寻求赔偿和法律补救。 Former sub-postmaster Rab Thomson, wrongly convicted in the Post Office scandal, has launched the Scottish Postmasters for Justice and Redress group to help victims seek compensation and legal redress. 该小组的重点是受错误的地平线信息技术系统影响的案件,该系统错误地判定1999年至2015年期间900名副校长有罪。 The group focuses on cases affected by the faulty Horizon IT system, which wrongfully convicted 900 sub-postmasters between 1999 and 2015. 迄今为止,苏格兰已撤销64项定罪,向联合王国各地5 100名索赔人支付了约7 680万英镑。 So far, 64 convictions have been quashed in Scotland, with about £768m paid to 5,100 claimants across the UK.