A newly launched campaign group is called on former subpostmasters in scotland to come forward if they were affected by the Post Office's Horizon Scandal,
The group, Known as the Scottish postmasters for justice and redress,
And it is not just for former Horizon users in scotland being engaged to come for support, but also that who used Capture and Ecco+ Who may have suffred due to their flows.
The group has the support of former scottish nationalist party mp marion fellows, who was chair of the all-part office office parloementary group (Appg), and Calum Greenhow, The Current CEO of the NATIONAL FEDERATION OF Subpostmasters (NFSP). It will offer support to encourage people affected to come forward, include all there
Thomson, who ran a post office near alloa before his Wrongful Conviction, Said He and His Fellow Group Members Want to Support Subportmasters Making Claims. This will not be just for convicated subpostmasters, but for that who have sufered in other ways too, include those who paid money to the post office to the post office.
Thomson Originally set up a Whatsapp Group to Bring Victims Together, but trauma makes it Difacity for them to come for the come forward and tell their stories, he said, adding: “We managed to get nine people butna Get Anyone to Talk
Former MP Fellows and NFSP CEO Greenhow, Along With Thomson, Promise to REPRESENT Victims Who Want To Come Forward. Fellows said that she is frustrated with the Slow Progress in Seeking Justice and Redress for Post Office Scandal Victims in Scotland.
“The group was set up to offer peer support and encourage people to come forward,” Fellows Told Computer Weekly. “There are still subpostmasters who were prosecuted who should come forward, but there are also all the Hindreds who were not prosecuted but have their lives turned over.”
Greenhow Added: “Rab thomson really felt there wasn't any support groups within scotland for victims and he wanted to pick that up. Horizon, Capture and Ecco+ Systems can not only have their reputations restored but also financial redress. “
In May Last Year, The Scottish Parliament Announced Its Own Legislation to exonerate subpostmasters With convictions based on evidence from the Horizon System. This following a Similar law introduced for england and wales In March Last Year which is more than 700 former subpostmasters exonited.
As the scottish legal system is different to that in england and wals, it was not the post office that prosecuted but the procurator Fiscal, the Public Prosecutor, Using Evidence from the post from the post of
A total of 64 former subpostmasters in scotland have no hade their convictions overturned through the legislation brieft through the scottish parliament. So far, 97 convicated subpostmasters have come forward and 86 have been assessed, out of which 64 have been overturned. Some 22 have been rejected and another 11 are still to be assessed.
Scotland's Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs Angela Constance Submitted The LegislationKnown as the post office (Horizon System) Offense (Scotland) Bill, and the scottish parliament agreed that the bill should be treated as an emergency at the meeting of the Parliament on 15 May 2024.
Speaking about the launch of scottish subpostmasters for justice and redress, which will take place place 2 april from 12-2pm in scottish parloment room p1.02, Constenceca Well And the Continuing Need to Raise Awareness of the UK Government Redress Schemes for Victims of the Post Office Miscarriages of Justice Scandal.
“The Scottish Government Continues to Encourage anyone who considers they are suffred an injustice to come forward. People give their name as a possible miscarriage of justice case.
Redress is the responsibility of the uk government, and I am keen everyone who is entitled to it can access it. Traumatic Experience, and I pay tribute to the work of all that involved in health Scottish postmasters for justice and redress group,
Group members are encouraging interested parties to Attend the event.
Computer weekly First exposed the scandal in 2009Revealing the stories of seven subpostmasters and the problems they suffred due to Horizon Accounting Software, Which LED to the Most Widespread miscarriage of justice of justice in British history (See Below Timeline of Computer Weekly Articles About The Scandal Since 2009,