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Government to review use of digital evidence in courts following Post Office scandal
A general view of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry hearing room at Aldwych House in central London, May 21, 2024

THE use of computer evidence in court is to be reviewed following the Post Office Horizon scandal, the Ministry of Justice said today.

The ministry said that the criminal justice system presumes that computers work correctly and software-generated evidence is accurate unless there is evidence to the contrary, but this was proved flawed by the wrongful convictions of hundreds of subpostmasters.

To prevent future miscarriages of justice, the ministry is asking for the views of experts “across the justice system and beyond” on how to treat computer evidence.

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