Victims of the long-running scandal reveal the trauma of the ordeal left some on the brink of suicide
Former Post Office workers affected by the IT scandal at the company said their lives “fell apart” and that they were left feeling “worthless” and shunned after being wrongly convicted.
Victims called for the company’s former management to be jailed for their part in the long-running scandal, the inquiry heard on an emotional third day of evidence.
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