Michael Madden

Hundreds of postmasters and subpostmasters across the UK, including in Northern Ireland, were wrongly accused of theft based on data provided by the faulty Horizon accounting system used by the Post Office.

Madden & Finucane Solicitors said three of its clients had this week each received a final settlement of £600,000, following interim payments of £200,000 last December under the overturned convictions redress scheme.

Their convictions had been quashed by the Post Office (Horizon Systems) Act 2024.

Solicitor Michael Madden said: “The payments secured for three of our clients this week completes their full exoneration, following the overturning of their faulty convictions last year.

“They lived under the cloud of tarnished reputations for years, and separately experienced devastating damage resulting from the miscarriage of justice.

“Although the redress payments are greatly welcomed, not all the damage can be undone, nor years given back.”