Court quashes Kathleen Crane’s conviction, adding that she was ‘kept in ignorance’ of IT system’s defects
A former post office branch operator who suffered in silence and endured humiliation after being convicted of fraud based on evidence from the faulty Horizon IT system has had her conviction quashed by the court of appeal.
Kathleen Crane was handed a 12-month community order and ordered to repay more than £18,000 she was accused of taking from her branch in Eastbourne, East Sussex, when she was sentenced in 2010.
Continue reading… The Guardian Read More Court quashes Kathleen Crane’s conviction, adding that she was ‘kept in ignorance’ of IT system’s defectsA former post office branch operator who suffered in silence and endured humiliation after being convicted of fraud based on evidence from the faulty Horizon IT system has had her conviction quashed by the court of appeal.Kathleen Crane was handed a 12-month community order and ordered to repay more than £18,000 she was accused of taking from her branch in Eastbourne, East Sussex, when she was sentenced in 2010. Continue reading…
