A UK inquiry has revealed 13 people may have taken their own lives after being wrongly accused in the Post Office scandal.
It also disclosed that at least 59 others said they had considered suicide.
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The public inquiry found that from 1999, hundreds of subpostmasters were wrongly charged with theft, fraud or false accounting due to bugs in a computer system called Horizon.
The system was developed by Japanese firm Fujitsu.
Inquiry chair Sir Wyn Williams said the system was flawed from the start and caused “wide-ranging” harm, including jail time, bankruptcy and severe mental health issues.
“It is almost impossible to ascertain, with any degree of accuracy, the number of persons who have suffered as a result of the misplaced reliance upon data produced by Horizon,” Sir Wyn said.
“I can say, however, with a degree of confidence, that there are currently about 10,000 eligible claimants in the schemes providing financial redress and that number is likely to rise at least by hundreds, if not more, over the coming months.”
The UK government has been told to respond to the findings by October 10.
Sir Wyn also called for legal help to be offered to those making claims.
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