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Monday, Mar 03, 2025

UK Post Office Scandal Survivor's Desperation

Seema Misra, a former postmaster, faced wrongful conviction and imprisonment due to a flawed UK Post Office computer system.
Facing a deficit of £75,000 attributed to her, Misra was prosecuted, though she claimed innocence. At the time of her sentencing, she was pregnant and credits her unborn child for her decision not to commit suicide.

Misra, 48, inherited consistent accounting discrepancies from her first day at the West Byfleet post office in 2005, which worsened despite following helpline advice. Her attempts to address the issue were ignored, leading to her conviction for account falsification but not theft.

During her legal ordeal, she spent four months in prison and another four under home confinement with an electronic ankle monitor, even during labor. The scandal caused significant financial and emotional distress to her family.

Ultimately, Misra's conviction was quashed in 2021 with about 40 others. She and many others had been victimized by 'Horizon,' an accounting software by Fujitsu, leading to nearly 900 wrongful convictions—one of the UK's gravest judicial errors, as acknowledged by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Misra now seeks accountability and compensation for affected postal workers and urges swift government action to fulfill promises of exoneration and reparation. She emphasizes the importance of justice and security in a developed country.
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