He was convicted following a Post Office prosecution in 2008. After 20 years, campaigners won a legal battle to have their cases reconsidered, after claiming that the computer system was flawed. "Throughout this appeals process we have supported the quashing of the overwhelming majority of these convictions and the judgment will be an important milestone in addressing the past.". Marriages broke down, and courts have heard how some families believe the stress led to health conditions, addiction and premature deaths. The Post Office’s chief executive has also accepted the need for compensation for those affected. To date, six people's convictions have been overturned. The system, developed by the Japanese company Fujitsu, was used for tasks such as transactions, accounting and stocktaking. A Post Office spokesman said: "We sincerely apologise to the postmasters affected by our historical failures. Following the High Court ruling, more cases were brought forward to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), an independent body which investigates suspected miscarriages of justice. It is also reviewing 22 more cases, and inviting others to make an application, which could go directly to the Court of Appeal, if a conviction is believed to be unsafe. The video emerged as it was confirmed all 53 crew members on board the submarine, which sunk near Bali, had died. Many former postmasters and postmistresses have described how the saga ruined their lives. His emotional call for help is one of many from medical staff across the country as systems begin to collapse. Post Office Horizon IT scandal victims face further battles as government digs heels in. In December 2019, at the end of a long-running series of civil cases, the Post Office agreed to settle with 555 claimants. They were convicted, with some imprisoned, after the Post Office installed the Horizon computer system in branches. The last seen footage of a missing mother has been shared by police as they desperately search for her. Declaring the criminal record also affected everyday life, such as failing to get car insurance. But from an early stage it appeared to have significant bugs which could cause the system to misreport, sometimes involving substantial sums of money. I didn't tell him," she said. The bin got wheeled to the curbside on Friday for the first time in more than three years. He died of cancer in 2016, but his widow Karen has been fighting to clear his name. 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