East Londonderry MLA Sugden welcomes Post Office scandal vindications
East Londonderry MLA Claire Sugden has welcomed the official quashing of the wrongful convictions of subpostmasters – including one from Portstewart – caught up in the Horizon IT scandal.
“This hopefully marks the end of a long and arduous legal battle to have these convictions quashed and the good names of all those who were caught up in it restored,” said the independent MLA.
“The amount of emotional, financial and reputational damage that these innocent people experienced is impossible to quantify. The quashing of these convictions must now, however, pave the way for significant restitution to compensate these victims for the years-long nightmare they were subjected to.
“How this was able to happen on the scale it did, and for the length of time it took, must also be determined so as nothing like this can ever happen again.
“This scandal reached into the four corners of the UK, including Portstewart. Everyone involved needs to be part of making this entire saga right.”