What is the Post Office Horizon Scandal? | EXPLAINED

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the Post Office Horizon scandal was an “appalling miscarriage of justice”.
Speaking during a trip to Oxford to meet flood workers, he said: “It has been an appalling miscarriage of justice and appalling treatment of all the people affected and it’s right that they get the redress that they deserve."
Here is a look back at the scandal as a new ITV drama "Mr Bates vs The Post Office" renewed pressure to compensate hundreds of former Post Office workers who were wrongly prosecuted for stealing company money due to an IT error.
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