• iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
Post Office under investigation by police following new ITV drama which exposed scandal

Home> News> UK News

Updated 10:50 6 Jan 2024 GMTPublished 09:56 6 Jan 2024 GMT

Post Office under investigation by police following new ITV drama which exposed scandal

ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office detailed the scandal

Anish Vij

Anish Vij

The Post Office is now under investigation following the new ITV drama which has exposed a scandal, the Met Police has confirmed.

ITV's Mr Bates vs The Post Office has detailed how a number of sub postmasters were wrongly accused and convicted of theft and fraud due to an IT glitch in the system.

More than 700 Post Office branch managers were handed criminal convictions after faulty Fujitsu accounting software made it appear as though money was missing from their outlets.

It is being called one of the UK’s biggest miscarriage of justice and the story is currently being told in the four-part drama series.

Advert

After watching the show, some viewers said it left them feeling ‘sick’, as real-life former sub postmaster Bates - played by Toby Jones - is determined to fight against the scandal.

The four-part show stars Toby Jones and Julie Hesmondhalgh.
ITV

A release from ITV explains: “The drama tells the story of one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history. Hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly accused of theft, fraud and false accounting due to a defective IT system.

"Many of the wronged workers were prosecuted, some of whom were imprisoned for crimes they never committed, and their lives were irreparably ruined by the scandal.

“Following the landmark Court of Appeal decision to overturn their criminal convictions, dozens of former sub postmasters and postmistresses have been exonerated on all counts as they battled to finally clear their names.

Advert

"They fought for over ten years finally proving their innocence and sealing a resounding victory, but all involved believe the fight is not over yet, not by a long way.”

Now, Metropolitan Police detectives have said they are looking at 'potential fraud offences' committed during the Horizon scandal.

The Post Office is now under investigation by police following the new ITV drama which has exposed a scandal.
Geography Photos/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Scotland Yard said on Friday evening officers were 'investigating potential fraud offences arising out of these prosecutions', for example 'monies recovered from sub-postmasters as a result of prosecutions or civil actions'.

The force said: “The Met is investigating potential offences of perjury and perverting the course of justice.

Advert

“These potential offences arise out of investigations and prosecutions carried out by the Post Office.

“The investigation was launched in January 2020 following a referral from the DPP.

“Two people have been interviewed under caution. Nobody has been arrested.”

Hampshire postmistress Jo Hamilton, 66, who led a Court of Appeal fight in 2021, said: "They’ve made people’s lives a misery and they’ve committed crimes.

"It’s not just a computer problem, this is absolute corruption at its worst.”

Advert

A Post Office spokesperson told LADbible: “We share fully the aims of the public inquiry to get to the truth of what went wrong in the past and establish accountability . . . It would be inappropriate for the Post Office to comment on any police investigation.”

Featured Image Credit: ITV/Geography Photos/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Topics: UK News, ITV

Anish Vij
Anish Vij

Anish is a Journalist at LADbible Group and is a GG2 Young Journalist of the Year 2025. He has a Master's degree in Multimedia Journalism and a Bachelor's degree in International Business Management. Apart from that, his life revolves around the ‘Four F’s’ - family, friends, football and food. Email: [email protected]

X

@Anish_Vij

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

an hour ago
2 hours ago
  • Jon Hobley | MI News/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesJon Hobley | MI News/NurPhoto via Getty Images
    an hour ago

    'Jeremy Clarkson effect' is causing hordes of people to make major life change

    Chipper Norton has changed since Jeremy Clarkson set up his Diddly Squat Farm

    News
  • Nottingham Trent UniversityNottingham Trent University
    2 hours ago

    Psychologist explains how to spot ‘dark empath’ narcissists that can be extremely dangerous

    Researchers have questioned the belief that narcissists inherently lack empathy

    News
  • Ministerio de Cultura de PerúMinisterio de Cultura de Perú
    2 hours ago

    What could happen to uncontacted Amazon tribe after they make bizarre move amid expert warning

    The Mashco Piro people are believed to be the largest isolated tribe in the world

    News
  • VCG/VCG via Getty ImagesVCG/VCG via Getty Images
    2 hours ago

    Small eating habit changes could be sign of specific form of dementia suffered by Bruce Willis

    Bruce Willis was diagnosed with dementia in 2023

    News
  • Warning issued to Brits over nicotine free vapes following shock investigation find
  • ITV viewers 'feel sick to their stomach' just minutes into watching Post Office scandal series
  • British boy denied passport by the Home Office over his 'copyrighted' name
  • Argentinian Hotel where Liam Payne died raided by police following his tragic death