Only a fifth of convicted sub-postmasters have so far been exonerated | ITV News

Only 178 sub-postmasters caught up in the Horizon scandal have so far been told that their convictions have been quashed.

The Conservative government promised that all those wrongfully convicted would receive a letter exonerating them by the end of July.

However, the vast majority of the 700 sub-postmasters who thought they would qualify for a letter have not yet received one.

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