‘My mum was destroyed by second Post Office scandal – we can’t wait years for justice’

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1. The family of a sub-postmistress “destroyed” by a [second IT scandal at the Post Office ](https://inews.co.uk/topic/post-office-scandal?ico=in-line_link)say they can’t wait “years” for her name to be cleared.

   The prosecution of Patricia Owen is among [27 cases now being considered by the miscarriages of justice watchdog relating to Capture](https://inews.co.uk/news/post-office-miscarriage-justice-cases-double-second-it-scandal-3554576?ico=in-line_link), a piece of software rolled out by the Post Office in the 1990s.

   Sub-postmasters complained it was faulty and caused money to go missing when balancing the books, but in a precursor to the Horizon scandal, they were forced to hand over cash, sacked and in some cases criminally prosecuted.

   *The i Paper* has previously revealed how Post Office bosses were aware of the problems with Capture but continued prosecuting sub-postmasters regardless.

   [Following an independent investigation](https://inews.co.uk/news/seven-findings-report-post-office-capture-scandal-3302896?srsltid=AfmBOopJnnYb9UxDNNuSFqY0wOAHYt3-RmdEVa0Jr0iHIFHHCGxVlfY3&ico=in-line_link), the Government has agreed that there is a ‘reasonable likelihood’ Capture caused shortfalls and is now setting up a new compensation scheme.

   However, the scandal dates back more than 30 years and victims have urged the Post Office and the government to move quickly to deliver justice.

   Ms Owen, who was convicted of theft in 1998, died in 2003 long before the legal fight over Horizon began.

   She was a highly-respected member of her communty in Canterbury, Kent, when the Post Office accused her of stealing just £6,000 from her branch.

2. It’s the government MO. **”Delay and lie until they die”**

   The veterans and locals of the nuclear tests in Australia and the South Pacific.

   The contaminated blood scandal.

   Now this one. And there are probably more.

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