Postmasters get ‘public exoneration’

Two former postmasters wrongly convicted of stealing from their employer finally saw their names cleared after one of Britain’s biggest miscarriages of justice. Richard Ormerod, 79, and Gillian Harrison, 69, were wrongly blamed for cash shortfalls in the Fujitsu-developed Horizon computer system, in use between 1999 and 2015. Ms Harrison burst into tears after Judge Deborah Taylor told the pair: ‘The convictions are quashed. ‘What that means is that both Mr Ormerod and Ms Harrison had been of good character…