Revealed: Hundreds of Post Office prosecutions may be linked to second faulty IT system

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1. Hundreds of postmasters may have been wrongly convicted for accounting issues related to the use of a second faulty IT system, **i** can reveal.

   An **i** investigation reveals for the first time the scale of a potential second miscarriage of justice linked to Post Office software that pre-dates the now notorious Horizon programme.

   Sub-postmasters claim they were sacked, forced to hand over money and criminally prosecuted as a result of faults with [Capture, a piece of software rolled out in the mid-1990s](https://inews.co.uk/news/what-is-capture-second-flawed-it-system-post-office-convictions-2861272?ico=in-line_link).

   An independent investigation into the software, which was launched earlier this year by the previous government, is due to publish its report next week.

   Previously there were thought to be at least 40 sub-postmasters and families claiming they suffered at the hands of the Post Office while using Capture.

   Data obtained by **i** under Freedom of Information (FOI) laws now reveals that after the introduction of Capture the number of private prosecutions brought by the Post Office soared from two in 1992 to 93 in 1998.

   An independent investigation into the software, which was launched earlier this year by the previous government, is due to publish its report next week.

   Previously there were thought to be at least 40 sub-postmasters and families claiming they suffered at the hands of the Post Office while using Capture.

   Data obtained by **i** under Freedom of Information (FOI) laws now reveals that after the introduction of Capture the number of private prosecutions brought by the Post Office soared from two in 1992 to 93 in 1998.