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UK Post Office scandal led to 13 suspected suicides, report finds

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Thirteen people may have taken their own lives and others were bankrupted or became seriously ill as a result of Britain's Post Office scandal, a public inquiry found, laying bare the toll of one of the country's worst miscarriages of justice.

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  • A report found 13 suspected suicides linked to the UK Post Office scandal. 4s
  • Executives knew or should have known about IT system errors but maintained its accuracy. 21s
  • From 2000 to 2013, about 1,000 people were convicted based on flawed data. 36s
  • Victims suffered bankruptcies, illness, emotional turmoil, and family breakdowns. 55s
  • The inquiry called for urgent, fair compensation for around 10,000 eligible claimants. 1m 45s
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