>> Just a thought. Around 700 sub-postmasters were prosecuted, but there's around eleven thousand sub post
>> offices. Was everyone affected, or was it just a minority?
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I think there were more "shortfalls" that were repaid by sub-postmasters, often taking out large loans or re-mortgaging and some becoming bankrupt or having to sell homes.
I spoke to one of Mrs Z's best friends who worked for Post Office Counters Ltd, actually on the counter in a main post office and helping out on a few smaller post offices.
The friend says that there were differences at the main post offices as well but they were just put in suspense accounts.
Thinking back on it, we had a corner-shop post office, newsagent, mini-supermarket thing about 15 minutes walk from our previous house. It closed in about 2004 and the owners looked "exhausted" and Tesco moved in. I wonder if the previous owners became a victim of Horizon?
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