Remaining Sub-Postmaster Convictions Quashed in Scotland

Published on June 14, 2024

All sub-postmasters wrongly convicted as part of the Horizon scandal in Scotland have been automatically exonerated as a new law came into force on Friday. The Post Office (Horizon System) Offences (Scotland) Act quashed convictions in Scotland during a period when faulty Horizon accounting software made it look as though money was missing from their Post Office branches. The new Scottish law received Royal Assent on Thursday and took effect on Friday, three weeks after a similar law took effect in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Under the law, all sub-postmasters convicted of embezzlement, fraud, theft, uttering, or an ancillary offence, are exonerated if the offences were allegedly committed fully or partly between Sept. 23, 1996 and Dec. 31, 2018. And those affected will be entitled to UK government compensation, which is set to be in place by summer....

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