#public-inquiry

#public-inquiry

All victims of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal seeking compensation will now be entitled to free legal advice, the government has announced. The change could potentially have a major effect on the size of the payouts some victims are able to achieve. It is one of a number of improvements to the compensation schemes available to victims, made in response to the first report from the public inquiry into the scandal, widely described as one of the UK's worst ever miscarriages of justice.

A culture of blindness, ignorance and prejudice led to repeated failures over decades to properly investigate cases in which children were abused by grooming gangs.

Fujitsu's promise to abstain from competing for UK government contracts amid the Horizon scandal is contradicted by its continued bidding for a £125 million deal.

Over 450 gurdwaras and Sikh associations have united to demand an inquiry into UK involvement in the 1984 Golden Temple massacre, warning of political consequences.

"It's difficult to say how traumatising that is for families when they sit in at an inquest and then see legal representatives try and effectively stop a coroner from making a Prevention of Future Deaths report, which is ultimately about trying to safeguard lives in the future - and I find that reprehensible."

The Sallins train robbery was a turning point for Osgur Breatnach, whose wrongful conviction and the associated trauma shape his perspective on justice.