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“Dozens of people” on the Post Office and Fujitsu are being investigated by police, the top of a nationwide operation has introduced.

Around 100 officers are potential uspects and their involvement within the Post Office scandal.

The scandal noticed a whole lot of sub-postmasters wrongly prosecutred for stealing from their branches between 1999 and 2015 after defective Horizon software program triggered a string accounting errors.

In a brand new replace, senior Metropolitan Police officers and victims, together with Sir Alan Bates, have met. They had been advised that officers are going by 1.5 million paperwork and hundreds of victims.

Commander Stephen Clayman, main Operation Olympos, mentioned “dozens” of individuals on the Post Office and Fujitsu had been being investigated.

He added: “We will go where the evidence takes us… our ongoing goal is the pursuit of justice”.

Three folks have been interviewed underneath warning, with plans to query extra suspects in 2025. Last month, Sky News revealed that 4 suspects had been being investigated for perverting the course of justice and perjury.

If the Criminal Prosecution Service decides that the proof normal is met, any potential trial wouldn’t be till at the very least 2027.

Former sub-postmistress Jess Kaur was wrongly accused of 36 counts of theft from her Post Office in Aldridge within the West Midlands. She had a psychological breakdown and tried to take her personal life consequently.

Ms Kaur mentioned it was “disgusting” {that a} trial can be years away however understood that police want time to research. “There’s not just one or two of them [to investigate] so it will take time,” she mentioned. “I hope they do a good job, we don’t want to rush them.”

She added, nevertheless, that “hundreds were put behind bars straight away” after they had been falsely accused of stealing from the Post Office.