Wishaw MP states Lanarkshire sub-postmasters were caught up in Horizon scandal

Lanarkshire sub-postmasters caught in the Post Office Horizon scandal balanced their books and walked away rather than face wrongful prosecution.

The revelation that the innocent sub-postmasters and mistresses had to pay their own money to make up “shortfalls” in accounting came from Motherwell and Wishaw MP Marion Fellows in a Commons debate on the Horizon scandal in the wake of the powerful TV drama, Mr Bates vs the Post Office.

The SNP MP, who is chair of the all-party parliamentary group on Post Offices, has spoken out on the issue repeatedly in parliament years in advance of the TV drama.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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