Convictions of 12 people from Northern Ireland in Post Office scandal quashed

The Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024 was passed into legislation earlier this year. Picture: PA

The convictions of 12 people from Northern Ireland caught up in the Post Office scandal have been quashed, Justice Minister Naomi Long has said.

Hundreds of subpostmasters and mistresses across the UK were handed criminal convictions between 1999 and 2015, as Fujitsu’s faulty Horizon system made it appear as though money was missing at their branches.