16: Fighting for the Sub-Postmasters
If you’ve seen any of the Post Office Inquiry that’s currently taking place in the UK, you will have heard Edward Henry KC and Flora Page. They are two of the legal team fighting for those wrongly convicted in what’s been described as the biggest miscarriage of justice in the UK.
Hundreds of sub-postmasters were wrongly accused of stealing money, when in fact a faulty computer system was to blame.
On a day when the inquiry was taking a break, Kylie spoke to them, along with journalist Nick Wallis who has doggedly pursued this story for those whose lives have been destroyed.
Learn more at: https://www.postofficehorizoninquiry.org.uk and https://www.postofficescandal.uk/about/
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Presenter/Researcher: Kylie Pentelow
Executive Producer: Claire McGourlay
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