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The Great Post Office Scandal, Nick Wallis, Investigative Journalist

The Great Post Office Scandal, Nick Wallis, Investigative Journalist7 feb 20221 u 14 min

<p><a href="https://www.nickwallis.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Nick Wallis</a> is a TV, radio and online journalist. His main area of expertise is the <a href="https://www.postofficetrial.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><b>Post Office Horizon scandal</b></a>. He recently fronted a <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jf7j" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><b>ten-part series</b></a> for BBC Radio 4, a <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000gpbv/panorama-scandal-at-the-post-office" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><b>BBC Panorama documentary</b></a> and I co-wrote a <a href="https://www.postofficetrial.com/2020/05/private-eye-special-report-free-pdf.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><b>Private Eye Special</b></a>. And runs the website <a href="https://www.postofficetrial.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><b>Post Office Trial</b></a>.<br /><br />The <b>British Post Office scandal</b> is a major British business, legal, ethical and political scandal involving the prosecution by the Post Office of hundreds of sub-postmasters for alleged <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theft" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">theft</a>, false accounting and/or fraud, resulting in criminal convictions, imprisonment, loss of reputation and livelihood, bankruptcy, divorce, and even suicide amongst those involved. The Post Office has a single shareholder, the British Government. Subsequent to a press outcry and later investigations, sub-postmasters (SPMs) convicted of criminal offences had their convictions declared unsafe, obtained unlawfully, and quashed. As of 2021, the government promised financial compensation to the victims of the scandal, which has been described as one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in British history.</p><p>Amongst other things, Nick live-tweeted from the<a href="https://www.nickwallis.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> <b>Johnny Depp Libel Trial</b></a><b> </b>at the High Court and have been collecting relevant documents and transcripts, which you can <a href="https://www.nickwallis.com/depp-trial" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><b>browse here</b></a>.</p><p>He has <a href="https://www.channel5.com/show/criminals-caught-on-camera/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><b>fronted several crime series</b></a> for Channel 5/Spike TV and he worked as a freelance reporter for ITV and 5 News.</p><p>Nick has reported from the scene of the Grenfell Tower fire, and the London Brid