The post office miscarriage of Justice scandal is so great it is hard to take in the scale of misery this has caused to innocent post masters. Their misery continues because very few cases have yet reached the court of appeal. (68 out 900) It will take at this rate 10 years.
I have had no involvement or any axe to grind but this post office scandal is bringing our whole CJS into disrepute. The faulty post office prosecutions were bad enough but to add to the misery of its victims with this delay is unconscionable & cannot be tolerated.
I think we know enough about the dangers in ‘presuming’ computer evidence is accurate in these particular cases in order to move to a position where we can ‘presume’ all these convictions were unsafe. The prosecutions were deeply flawed & we must not add to injustice by delay.
I appreciate the danger of a guilty person escaping justice but I doubt if many if any would fall into that category due to systemic flaws in the prosecutions.
This is a quite exception situation in our criminal Justice system. Innocent people are dying before delayed appeals.
The Government is prepared to interfere in banking errors involving Farage but seems indifferent to the suffering of hundreds in this post office scandal. Perhaps they don’t perceive them as a political threat.
But this is a national disgrace and embarrassment to our country.
If ever there was a situation that required immediate Government intervention – I suspect with cross party support it is this appalling post office scandal. We cannot allow these people to die without justice and or compensation. If emergency legislation is needed so be it.
Robin Murray
27/07/23
Robin Murray is a former Solicitor and founder of Robin Murray and Co. He was vice chair of the CLSA during the struggle to save legal aid and client choice. He is a former winner of the Legal Aid Lawyer of the year award, plus a Kent Law Society Outstanding Achievement Award. He has written and broadcasted a little on legal and political matters.
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