Post Office scandal: Scottish sub-postmaster who tried to take own life still battling to clear name

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A former Scottish sub-postmaster who attempted to take his own life after being convicted in the Post Office scandal has told Sky News he has no faith in government plans to pardon victims.

Rab Thomson, who lives in Clackmannanshire, is one of around 100 people in Scotland wrongfully given a criminal record after bogus shortfalls appeared in the faulty Horizon IT system.

He said he tried to take his own life, adding: "I came and told my wife that I was finished. I said 'I can't live with this'. Depression is a really serious thing."

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/post-office-scandal-scottish-sub-postmaster-who-tried-to-take-own-life-still-battling-to-clear-name-13046359

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