Post Office workers who were wrongly convicted because of a faulty IT system have been offered £600, 000 each in compensation by the UK government, as officials seek to mitigate the long-running scandal. Over 700 people were wrongly prosecuted for theft between 2000 and 2014, owing to flaws in the state-owned Post Office’s Horizon computer system, 86 convictions have been overturned.

The Department of Business and Trade on Monday said postmasters whose convictions has been overturned would be offered a lump, adding that they would not have to accept. It they wished to continue current compensation processes. Kevin Hollinrake. Post office minister said the announcement was ~about righting a wrong and providing some form of relief to those wrongly caught up in this scandal” Ministers have set aside £ 1 billion un compensation under various schemes. Already more than £120million has been paid out to 2, 600 individuals affected by the Horizon Scandal.