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Post Office investigators were given bonuses for every Horizon conviction

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Post Office investigators were handed cash bonuses for every conviction of a branch manager during the Horizon IT scandal.

Former staff have told the public inquiry that bonus incentives played a key role in one of Britain’s worst-ever miscarriages of justice.

Alan Bates – the campaigning subpostmaster who featured in the ITV drama on the scandal – condemned the “horrendous” culture of financial rewards.

It follows ’s announcement that hundreds of subpostmasters would have convictions

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