Following the vindication of many innocent employees, the Post Office has contacted hundreds more postmasters who may have been wrongfully prosecuted.
A spokesman said: "The Post Office sincerely apologises for serious historical failures. We continue to take determined action for people affected. The Post Office has made strenuous efforts to identify individuals who were historically convicted and an extensive post-conviction disclosure exercise is taking place to identify and disclose all material which might affect the safety of those convictions."
Former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells who was made a CBE for "services to the Post Office and to charity", said she was "truly sorry" for the "suffering" caused to sub-postmasters who were wrongly convicted of offences.
Meanwhile, Postmasters have taken ministers to court over inquiry failure A group of 555 sub post masters are preparing to file a judicial review at the High Court in an attempt to demand an inquiry that summons witnesses and questions them under oath, which the current inquiry does not have.
