GB News reporter Adam Cherry shares key details as the first volume of the final report into the Post Office Horizon scandal is set to be published. Speaking to the People's Channel, Adam said: "13 postmasters, at minimum, we know now to have committed suicide, 59 contemplated it or attempted it, and at least 3000 claims are still open. "And really the point of today is going into that aspect of the scandal today, the human element."WATCH ABOVE.
00:00The first volume of the final report into the Post Office Horizon scandal is set to be published.
00:05Yes, more than 900 sub-postmasters were, of course, wrongly prosecuted by the Post Office
00:10between 1999 and 2015 in what's been labelled as the worst miscarriage of justice in British legal history.
00:17OK, we're joined by GB News reporter Adam Cherry. Adam, thank you. What do we know?
00:22So, this is the first volume, as you said, Sir Wynne Williams, who chaired this report,
00:28explaining that today is really about the human element.
00:31And the scale of this is really quite shocking.
00:33So, 13 postmasters, at minimum, we know now to have committed suicide.
00:3859 contemplated it or attempted it.
00:41And at least 3,000 claims still open.
00:44And really, the point of today is, part two will be more about who's responsible,
00:49pointing fingers and so on, you know, going into that aspect of the scandal.
00:53Today, the human element.
00:54And as I say, it's all about, you know, the time it's taken, even yet some are still unsatisfied,
01:03for claims to be repaid, even though billions have been pledged by the government.
01:07We've had a statement from the business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, in the last couple of hours.
01:12And he said today was an important milestone for sub-postmasters and their families.
01:17He said, I welcome the publication today and I'm committed to ensuring wrong sub-postmasters are given full, fair and prompt redress.
01:24And they will respond, the government will respond to those recommendations in full in Parliament.
01:31There are 19 recommendations in today's report, mainly focusing, again, on that compensation, speeding it up.
01:38And the government has to respond by October.
01:42Now, there's the whole question of what does that actually mean in terms of a full, fair redress for this?
01:49And also, you know, why did it take so long?
01:52Why are there still so many claims that are still open?
01:55Part of the problem is there are several claims bodies.
01:58It's all convoluted.
02:00It's very difficult for the sub-postmasters to make their claim in the first place to get heard.
02:05That's why it's taken so long.
02:06But interestingly, so when William says, you know what, even though these are unsatisfactory, that they haven't provided the results that the public would expect,
02:16he's not actually saying we should set up a new body and start again because that will take even longer.
02:20So that's a frustration for those affected by this hearing the report today or reading the report, rather.
02:27But nonetheless, it is an open question how this will be resolved when we can expect full justice.
02:32But certainly those sitting there in the audience today listening to Sir Wynne-Williams were at least satisfied that they're being taken seriously
02:40and that the government is promising, alongside the post office and Fujitsu, to respond to this fully in time.
02:48Thank you, Adam.
02:49Thank you very much indeed for that update.
02:51Pretty shocking what some of the inquiry says about people, you know, taking their own lives.
02:5613 people taking their own lives, further 59 contemplated suicide, 10 had attempted it.
03:01I mean, the trauma of this incident, really, being wrongly accused.
