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NI ex-sub-postmaster wants apology from Post Office

Owen Fearon, from Meigh in County Armagh, was told he owed the Post Office £16,000 and it was his fault.

But he was one of hundreds of sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses wrongly accused after faulty computer software calculated money was missing from Post Office branches.

He says he was told to pay the money back or go to jail - he now calls this blackmail, and wants an apology.

Read the full story here.

24 January 2024

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