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Post Office admits 'abhorrent' racist slur was used to describe suspects in Horizon scandal

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Black Post Office workers who were falsely accused in the Horizon scandal were classified using a racial slur, according to documents obtained by campaigners.

More than 700 former Post Office staff were wrongly prosecuted for theft and false accounting in what has been described as "the most widespread miscarriage of justice in UK history".

Post Office prosecutors tasked with investigating sub-postmasters were asked to group suspects based on racial features.

Read more here: https://news.sky.com/story/post-office-horizon-scandal-sub-postmasters-who-launched-legal-fight-secure-extra-compensation-12572545

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